[clug] Text editor

Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com
Sun Oct 26 05:44:35 MDT 2014


On 26/10/14 23:43, Bryan Kilgallin wrote:
> I listed the phone's bin directory in long format. This refers to
> busybox. But busybox was not a directory (bin had no subdirectories). So
> I couldn't open it. Whereas more on busybox gave gibberish.
> 
<snipped>

> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            7 Jan  1  1970 vi -> busybox

<snipped>

Thanks. You've confirmed a previous posters speculation - in this
instance "vi" is provided by "busybox".

("vi" is *not* provided twice).

> 
> On 26/10/14 21:52, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 26/10/14 22:44, Bryan Kilgallin wrote:
>>> I networked my OpenMoko FreeRunner phone to my desktop computer.
>>> Following is the output of ls in the phone's bin directory. And vi is
>>> included.
>> Actually, though not immediately obvious - it's "probably" available
>> twice. (a standard busybox includes vi).
>> <snipped>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
> 


Please, don't "top-post". Interleaved posting is so much easier to follow.

Kind regards


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