Just like another responder, Andrew, I did a default basic install, and there was no /bin/vi. It was in /usr/local/bin. THEN I replaced it with vim.
-Mike -----Original Message----- From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:46 PM To: Michael Marziani Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: question about /bin utils On 06-Mar-2002 Michael Marziani wrote: > While I was replacing my vi with vim, I noticed that there is no > /bin/vi at all, it's in /usr/bin. I've never seen a distro without a > /bin/vi; how do I edit my files when my /usr partition crashes? > > Just curious if anyone has some insight into this. I would rather > think that I made a mistake than debian did something wrong. > there is no /bin/vi because there is more than one vi (you installed vim). The default install should have given you an editor in /bin.
