...VIB creates backups of any files edited using VI to a specified location while maintaining X backup revisions, and keeping a revision history of who made changes and when to a master log.
VIB is Ideal in environments where you have multiple users logging into a UNIX system and you wish to keep track of whom is modifying files.
For example, VIB could be 'aliased' in all new user shell accounts, so that when they edit a file using "vi", a log entry will be generated, and a backup copy of the file with their username will also be notated.
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