Run /usr/libexec/vi.recover (now a perl script) to preserve vi backup files.

src/etc/rc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: rc,v 1.120 1999/10/07 05:11:19 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: rc,v 1.121 1999/10/11 20:09:53 millert Exp $
 
 # System startup script run by init on autoboot
 # or after single-user.
@@ -328,47 +328,8 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	rm -f $T
 fi
 
-# vi file recovery
-vidir=/var/tmp/vi.recover
-if [ ! -e $vidir ]; then
-	mkdir $vidir
-	chmod 1777 $vidir
-elif [ -L $vidir ]; then
-	echo "Warning! $vidir is a symbolic link! (ignoring)"
-elif [ ! -O $vidir ]; then
-	echo "Warning! $vidir is not owned by root! (ignoring)"
-elif [ ! -d $vidir -a -e $vidir ]; then
-	echo "Warning!  $vidir is not a directory! (ignoring)"
-else
-	vibackup=$vidir/vi.*
-	for i in $vibackup; do
-		[ "$i" = "$vibackup" ] && break
-		# Unmodified vi editor backup files either have the
-		# execute bit set or are zero length.  Delete them.
-		# Anything that is not a normal file gets deleted too.
-		if [ -x $i -o ! -s $i -o ! -f $i ]; then
-			rm $i
-		fi
-	done
-
-	virecovery=$vidir/recover.*
-	echo preserving editor files
-	for i in $virecovery; do
-		[ "$i" = "$virecovery" ] && break
-		# Delete any recovery files that are zero length,
-		# corrupted, # or that have no corresponding backup
-		# file.  Else send mail to the user.
-		if [ -f $i ]; then
-			recfile=`awk '/^X-vi-recover-path:/{print $2}' < $i`
-			if [ -n "$recfile" -a -s "$recfile" ]; then
-				sendmail -t < $i
-			else
-				rm $i
-			fi
-		else
-			rm $i
-		fi
-	done
+if [ -x /usr/libexec/vi.recover ]; then
+	echo 'preserving editor files';	/usr/libexec/vi.recover
 fi
 
 if [ -f /var/account/acct ]; then