一个简单的问题，向大家请教。

qyyxyr

输入vi /etc/ethers会出现下面这段话

E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name "/etc/.ethers.swp"
          owned by: root   dated: Wed Aug  8 18:06:42 2007
         file name: /etc/ethers
          modified: YES
         user name: root   host name: localhost.localdomain
        process ID: 3824
While opening file "/etc/ethers"
             dated: Wed Aug  1 17:01:45 2007

(1) Another program may be editing the same file.
    If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two
    different instances of the same file when making changes.
    Quit, or continue with caution.

(2) An edit session for this file crashed.
    If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r /etc/ethers"
    to recover the changes (see ":help recovery").
    If you did this already, delete the swap file "/etc/.ethers.swp"
    to avoid this message.
"/etc/ethers" 38L, 1122C
Hit ENTER or type command to continue


请问是什么原因，应该如何解决？谢谢。

springwind426

如果没有另外的vi进程正在编辑/etc/ethers这个文件，那么就删除/etc/.ethers.swp
原因应该是上次编辑/etc/ethers这个文件的时候没有正常退出。