On 20.8.2012 19:16, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 08/20/2012 04:07 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote:
Gordon Messmeryinyang@eburg.com wrote:
Actually, it's a shell alias. And then, only if "vim" is installed, which it isn't in some configurations. IIRC, desktop systems have him by default, but server installations do not.
It is neither a symlink nor a shell alias - execpt maybe for platforms that for some reason don't include vi.
On a CentOS system, "vi" will be a shell alias when the "vim" package is installed. Otherwise it will be a variant of "vim" which is more compatible with the POSIX description of "vi" (though not 100%). As we are discussing CentOS, I believe my statements did not require correction. Thanks.
I got curious ;-)
vim-minimal installs /bin/vi vim-enhanced installs /usr/bin/vim and sets the alias (the "vim" package)
[falb@xxx ~]$ which vi alias vi='vim' /usr/bin/vim [falb@xxx ~]$ which vim /usr/bin/vim [falb@xxx ~]$ whereis vi vi: /bin/vi /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1p/vi.1p.gz
But the alias is not set for root!
[root@xxx ~]# which vi /bin/vi [root@xxx ~]# which vim /usr/bin/vim