From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8741 invoked by alias); 30 Sep 2014 19:06:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 8719 invoked by uid 89); 30 Sep 2014 19:06:45 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS,UNSUBSCRIBE_BODY autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-vc0-f179.google.com Received: from mail-vc0-f179.google.com (HELO mail-vc0-f179.google.com) (209.85.220.179) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:06:44 +0000 Received: by mail-vc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id im17so4818522vcb.10 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:06:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.221.29.5 with SMTP id rw5mr7939693vcb.49.1412104001667; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:06:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.188.226 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:06:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:26:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: editing zip file in vim - E212: Can't open file for writing From: Pawel Jasinski To: cygwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-SW-Source: 2014-09/txt/msg00458.txt.bz2 I have tried to edit a zip file with vim. I am able to open and edit, but no luck when saving. The file is /home/rejap/foo.zip and I can write to it (create with zip). "~/zipfile:/home/rejap/foo.zip::foo.txt" E212: Can't open file for writing If I move file to / it works. What am I doing wrong. thanks for any help --pawel -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple