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Old 09-17-2008
getting error when open vi editor

helo
I install my product for koren language
I m uisng RHEL -4 operating system
now problem is whenever I open any file

vi filename

I got following error on the screen

E557: Cannot open termcap file
'vt100' not known. Available builtin terminals are:
builtin_ansi
builtin_xterm
builtin_iris-ansi
builtin_dumb
defaulting to 'ansi'

Regards,
Amit
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Old 09-17-2008
Try:

Bash
Code:
export TERM=xterm    #or one of the other terminal options that works for you
vi filename

csh
Code:
setenv TERM xterm    #or one of the other terminal options that works for you
vi filename

Good luck

Last edited by avronius; 09-17-2008 at 10:49 AM.. Reason: fixing BAD typo
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