Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 20:19:15 +0200 From: Michael Raff <raff@ElectroCity.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are vi and nvi the same thing? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000821201505.00c29350@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <F85o9WanR0bBnm1u2mQ000008a8@hotmail.com>
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vi and nvi have the same inode numbers ( ls -i nvi ) so they point to the same single copy of the program (hard linked). man nvi tells it all. Regards Michael At 08:10 PM 8/21/00, you wrote: >Hi, >Are vi and nvi the same thing? Their size is the same. If so, why have a >copy of the same program in a different name? > >Thanks, Adam >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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