.exinit file in VI

[Blair P. Houghton]

In article <1991Feb18.153009.21006 at zip.eecs.umich.edu> bguthy at amazon.eecs.umich.edu (Bala S. Guthy) writes:
>Hello Netlanders, I have a simple question about vi, hope
>there is a simple answer. How do I make read my .exinit file
>in the $HOME directory?  I currently a make a copy of it into
>all my subdirectories. Thank you 

Try

	mv $HOME/.exinit $HOME/.exrc

:-)

EXINIT is the name of the environment variable for
initializing vi(1) (and ex(1)).  If you're using a .exrc
file, you should not set or use EXINIT.

Go ahead and remove all those .exinit files...

				--Blair
				  "Huh?"