mike wrote:
> Hi,
> Ok, everytime I try to save a file using different save and exit
> commands when using vim (which is a unix text editor) I get a lousy error
> message E212: Can't open file for writing Hit enter or type command to
> continue. Does anyone know how to fix this.
> thanks

You seem to be trying to write to a file which you do not have write
access to.

Check that you should be writing to this file.

Check out the permissions set on the file with
$ ls -l

Note the user and group of the file

Try to edit a file in your home directory
$ cd
$ ls -l job
--- should not return anything
$ vim job
--- do a little edit or two
--- :wq
$ ls -l job

Adrian