Well, that's a reasonable recommendation but, as it turns out, it won't work unless the VIM package is installed and if VIM is installed, it's not necessary to do this manually, since the link is created as part of the installation of this package.
Here's the FAQ entry that should prove useful when trying to figure out what Cygwin package a particular utility is in. What packages should I download? http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC13 Ah the FAQ. It's a wonderfull concept! ;-) Larry Original Message: ----------------- From: Corneliu Rudeanu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:01:38 +0200 (EET) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cygwin question - hopefully a quickie On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Harter, Pete wrote: > Christopher: > I downloaded a version of Cygwin (can't remember the source; one of those > from the http://www.cygwin.com/ <http://www.cygwin.com/> list) onto my new > machine which uses Win 2000 Professional OS. I just now noticed that it > doesn't recognize the "ex" (batch vi editor) command. I've used Cygwin > (again, I don't know the source) before on the Win NT environment, and it > recognized the "ex" command OK. > > What can I use as a substitute for the "ex" command? > ln -sf /usr/bin/vim.exe /usr/bin/ex Best Regards, rudy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
