[root@host1 noaccess]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)
[root@host1 noaccess]#
[root@host1 noaccess]# /bin/vi --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006...
thanks for the reply, in my machine i can still see the inode number changing after editing with vi. are there any settings that i have to do to solve this particular problem.