Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> Here's some interesting data:
> # FC3 system
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ ls -l /bin/vi
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 477136 Aug 10 2005 /bin/vi*
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ ls -l /usr/bin/vim
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2049704 Aug 10 2005 /usr/bin/vim*
> # FC6 system
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -l /bin/vi
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 656468 Feb 27 04:41 /bin/vi
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -l /usr/bin/vim
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2734092 Feb 27 04:41 /usr/bin/vim
>
> If you ask $ vi --version and $ vim --version you find that they are
> compiled from the same source base but have very different built-in
> options.
>
> On the other hand, OpenSUSE 10.2 has the following chain of symlinks,
> all leading to the same place:
>
> /bin/vi -> /bin/vim
> /usr/bin/vi -> /usr/bin/vim -> /bin/vim
>
> I bet that Debian has yet another way of doing this, but I don't have
> one easily to hand.
~$ cat /etc/debian_version
4.0
~$ ls -l /usr/bin/vi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2007-02-23 19:31 /usr/bin/vi ->
/etc/alternatives/vi
~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/vi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2007-04-19 14:13 /etc/alternatives/vi ->
/usr/bin/vim.basic
~$ ls -l /usr/bin/vim.basic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1383816 2007-01-31 10:25 /usr/bin/vim.basic
:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/vim.tiny
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 990256 2007-01-31 10:24 /usr/bin/vim.tiny
~$ ls -l /usr/bin/vi*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2007-02-23 19:31 /usr/bin/vi ->
/etc/alternatives/vi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-02-23 19:31 /usr/bin/view ->
/etc/alternatives/view
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18592 2007-01-12 09:28 /usr/bin/viewres
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1383816 2007-01-31 10:25 /usr/bin/vim.basic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 990256 2007-01-31 10:24 /usr/bin/vim.tiny
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1600 2007-01-31 10:23 /usr/bin/vimtutor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 99980 2006-10-24 11:27 /usr/bin/visualinfo
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