Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 02:26:17 +0200 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> To: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: an editor in /bin Message-ID: <20020510002617.GC21593@reiher.informatik.uni-wuerzburg> In-Reply-To: <20020508102907.K32808-100000@localhost> References: <200205081326.GAA02899@eskimo.com> <20020508102907.K32808-100000@localhost>
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Fernando Gleiser writes: >There is a problem: in single user mode, /usr may not be mounted. If /usr >is not mounted the terminfo database is not available and any curses-based >aplication (such like vi or ee) can't work properly. Since when does BSD use the terminfo db? Last time I looked, vi etc. were linked against termcap (or curses), which used the /etc/termcap file (unlike on System V, of course.) >That's why in /bin you have ed which is a line editor and not a full screen >one. I rather think ed is in /bin because it's always been there (and many programs and scripts and users expect it to be there.) --mkb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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