>Number:         3816
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       vi reports file error when TERM not set
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jun 29 21:05:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Erik E. Fair
>Organization:
International Organization of Internet Clock Watchers
>Release:        NetBSD-current, June 29, 1997
>Environment:

System: NetBSD atomic.clock.org 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (ATOMIC) #6: Thu Jun 26 07:27:48 PDT 1997 root@atomic.clock.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/ATOMIC sparc


>Description:
	when the TERM environment variable is not set, vi reports
	a very odd error - quite user confusing.

>How-To-Repeat:

fair@atomic 35} echo $TERM
vt102
fair@atomic 36} unsetenv TERM
fair@atomic 37} vi
ex/vi: Error: unknown: No such file or directory

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: