diff --git a/src/etc/daily b/src/etc/daily
index 0b21614b..7ca121e3 100644
--- a/src/etc/daily
+++ b/src/etc/daily
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: daily,v 1.48 2004/12/07 19:08:15 millert Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: daily,v 1.49 2005/03/16 18:29:58 millert Exp $
 #	From: @(#)daily	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/25/94
 #
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ if [ -d /tmp -a ! -L /tmp ]; then
 	cd /tmp && {
 	find -x . \( -path './ssh-*' -o -path './.X11-unix' \) -prune -o \
 	    -type f -atime +3 -execdir rm -f -- {} \;
-	find -x . ! -name . -type d -mtime +1 -execdir rmdir -- {} \; \
-	    >/dev/null 2>&1; }
+	find -x . -type d -mtime +1 ! -path ./vi.recover ! -path ./.X11-unix \
+	    ! -name . -execdir rmdir -- {} \; >/dev/null 2>&1; }
 fi
 
 if [ -d /var/tmp -a ! -L /var/tmp ]; then
 	cd /var/tmp && {
 	find -x . \( -path './ssh-*' -o -path './.X11-unix' \) -prune -o \
 	    ! -type d -atime +7 -execdir rm -f -- {} \;
-	find -x . ! -name . -type d -mtime +1 -execdir rmdir -- {} \; \
-	    >/dev/null 2>&1; }
+	find -x . -type d -mtime +1 ! -path ./vi.recover ! -path ./.X11-unix \
+	    ! -name . -execdir rmdir -- {} \; >/dev/null 2>&1; }
 fi
 
 # Additional junk directory cleanup would go like this: