On 20.8.2012 19:16, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/20/2012 04:07 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> Gordon Messmer<yiny...@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
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Kind Regards, Markus Falb
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