Thank you I think I got the answer.. I needed 4tty tty 1: vi Ambuj.txt tty 2: proc/<pid of vim>/fd showed 1,2,3,4 FD`s tty 3: vi Ambuj.txt tty 4: proc/<pid of vim>/fd showed 1,2,3,4 FD`s Close the vi in tty4 tty3: vi Ambuj*2*.txt tty4: proc/<pid of vim>/fd showed 1,2,3,3 FD`s The FDs were different… Regards, Ambuj A Thacker