True enough, in (my) potato there's no /bin/vi, although there are other editors (ae and ed). In (my) woody there is, though: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /bin/vi /bin/vi
(Not that I'd have the beginnings of a clue how to actually use ae or ed if I were in that situation....) ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA On Wed, 6 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. > > -Mike > > _____________________________ > Michael D. Marziani > Systems Administrator > Keller Williams Realty International > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >