unset global editor symlink

[Bob Metelsky]

Here is the output of alias.  Ive poked around in  /etc/profile and 
profile.d to no avail

alias cp='cp -i'
alias l.='ls -d .* --color=tty'
alias ll='ls -l --color=tty'
alias ls='ls --color=tty'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias vi='vim'
alias which='alias | /usr/bin/which --tty-only --read-alias --show-dot 
--show-tilde'

This was in vim.sh
#if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" -o -n "$KSH_VERSION" -o -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then
# for bash, pdksh and zsh, only if no alias is already set
# alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim
# fi
#unalias vi

Ive commented the file and it still calls vim
Even if I rename vim.sh  -  vim gets called up.

I'd like to know where the system wide aliases are set ;-)

TIA
 bob


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C. Linus Hicks wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 23:32 -0500, Bob Metelsky wrote:
>  
>
>>Greetings - When I first installed RH  I had vi as the default editor . 
>>I then installed other editors and somehow vim got symlinked to vi.
>>
>>I dont mind using vim over vi, I just would like to be able to change it 
>>if needed.
>>
>>which vi
>>alias vi='vim'
>>    /usr/bin/vim
>>
>>vi actually resides in /bin/vi and If I call with the full path vim 
>>still gets called
>>
>>which vim
>>/usr/bin/vim
>>
>>I dont know where this alias is set.  Ive tried to reset it in my 
>>.profile alias vi='/bin/vi'
>>This still calls vim
>>
>>This seems to be set as a global alias or symlink. I want to define MY 
>>editor!  ;-)
>>    
>>
>
>Use the alias command without arguments to show all currently defined
>aliases. Using full path to an executable is full path, a common way to
>avoid invoking an alias.
>
>So, what do you get when you do:
>
>ls -l /bin/vi
>
>On my system, that shows:
>
>-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 572392 Oct 19 15:37 /bin/vi
>
>Which is clearly a different file from:
>
>ls -l /usr/bin/vim
>
>-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 1405896 Oct 19 15:37 /usr/bin/vim
>
>You might try this:
>
>rpm -qf /bin/vi
>rpm -qf /usr/bin/vim
>
>And see what you get.
>
>  
>