unset global editor symlink

[Karasik, Vitaly]

the answer is : in /etc/profile and /etc/profiles.d/*

So there are at least 2 ways to "unalias" vi :

1) delete vim* from /etc/profile.d - I tried and it works!

2) comment all lines in  /etc/profile.d/vim.sh

rename vim.sh to blah-blah.sh and leaving script in the same dir won't work - profile script runs *.sh scripts.,=

Rgds,
Vitaly 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Bob Metelsky
> Sent: Wed, November 17, 2004 4:04 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: unset global editor symlink
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> "Oracle error messages being what they are, do not
> highlight the correct cause of fault, but will identify
> some other error located close to where the real fault lies."
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> >
> >  
> >
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