Re: vim doesn't create backups of files edited in /tmp

2006-08-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Alexander Skwar wrote: But when I edit a file which is in /tmp, there's no backup file left behind. [...] :set backupskip= Thanks to both of you, that's exactly the solution! Alexander Skwar -- printk(CPU[%d]: Sending penguins to

vim doesn't create backups of files edited in /tmp

2006-08-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hello! In my ~/.vimrc, I've got, among other settings, set backup. Because of this, vim creates backup files in the current directory. That's good! But when I edit a file which is in /tmp, there's no backup file left behind. Why's that so and how do I change this? I'm using vim 7.0 on Gentoo

Re: vim doesn't create backups of files edited in /tmp

2006-08-25 Thread Jürgen Krämer
Hi, Alexander Skwar wrote: In my ~/.vimrc, I've got, among other settings, set backup. Because of this, vim creates backup files in the current directory. That's good! But when I edit a file which is in /tmp, there's no backup file left behind. Why's that so and how do I change this?

Re: vim doesn't create backups of files edited in /tmp

2006-08-25 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Alexander Skwar wrote: Hello! In my ~/.vimrc, I've got, among other settings, set backup. Because of this, vim creates backup files in the current directory. That's good! But when I edit a file which is in /tmp, there's no backup file left behind. Why's that so and how do I change this? I'm