* Robert Ian Smit (robian@wanadoo.nl) [020928 06:58]: > I know that some programs react differently depending on how they > are called. When you create a symlink to a program, does the program > know that it was started by using a symlink? > > For instance when I create a vi symlink to vim, will vim start up > normally or will it mimick vi? Vim can always be coerced to do whatever you want it to do via ~/.vimrc . Setting nocompatible will make it act like 'vim' even when invoked as 'vi' (via hard or soft link). good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.debian.org/
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