It will be in a standard  /tmp,  /.../tmp directories. Avery Unix system
should come with documentation about their respective {{ tmp }}
directories. The usual places are:

/tmp, /var/tmp

I would search for the file name you are missing not for the directory
in which it resides, the {{ find }} command will find and display it for
you.

Do something like this:

    $ su - root
    # find / -name "your_missing_file" -print


Dave the following is not for you but rather for those heated up by the
crypt, crypt, crypt...
I reserve the right to use whatever esignature I choose whenever I so
decide. Due to overwhelming response from the user community I will
adhere to the majority rule. Let's save the money to moneymakers!

Dave Cherkus wrote:

> Andrew's hint has allowed me to progress.  Changing
> permissions on /var/tmp/vi.recover helped.  But, now
> I see:
>
> % vi foobar
> ex/vi: Error: Log file: No such file or directory
>
> The man page doesn't tell me where it's trying to
> make the log file, and using strings etc. doesn't
> seem to give me any hints.  I'm still downloading
> the source so I can't check that either.
>
> Dave