<quote who="Stuart Guthrie">
> I guess this can be done with a script wrapper around vi, but does anyone
> know of an option to automagically store the current version of a text
> file prior to saving changes. This used to be a feature on DEC editors and
> I miss it.
In .vimrc add, "set backup". This will create <filename>~ files, which are
fairly standard one-shot backup files written by most *nix editors.
- Jeff
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