On 20.8.2012 19:16, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/20/2012 04:07 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> Gordon Messmer<yinyang at 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 at xxx ~]$ which vi alias vi='vim' /usr/bin/vim [falb at xxx ~]$ which vim /usr/bin/vim [falb at 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 at xxx ~]# which vi /bin/vi [root at xxx ~]# which vim /usr/bin/vim -- Kind Regards, Markus Falb -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 307 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120826/23f4c0c7/attachment-0004.sig>