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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.



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