[ale] Gentoo.....where did vi go.....

[Geoffrey]

James Sumners wrote:
> yes, but most distributions dont include things like vi outside of your path.

Correct, but the statement still applies.  Point is, if you can't find 
it by doing:

vi foo

You won't find it with 'which vi' either.

All 'which vi' is really telling you is the full path to a command that 
is in your PATH var.

> 
> On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 15:23:05 -0500
> Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>James Sumners wrote:
>>
>>>you might try 'which vi'. no result == no vi
>>
>>Only if it's in your PATH directory.  If it's not, which will not find 
>>it, even if it exists.
> 
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