>>> I would like to force Vim to not make backups of files in my wiki
>>> folder,
>>> but still create backups for all of my other docs. I therefore tried
>>> the
>>> following command in my _vimrc:
>>>
>>> set backupskip=$HOME/gtd/wiki/*
>>>
>>> This, however, didn't work. I also tried quoting the path, using a
>>> relative path, etc. I read the autocmd-patterns help, and followed
>>> it's
>>> recommendations, but that still didn't work.
>>> ...
>>> Does anyone know what I'm missing here? Is my path incorrect, or am I
>>> using the wrong option to achieve my goal?
>>
>> Once a backup has been created, it won't spontaneously disappear. Under
>> Unix, you could try running the following shell command:
>>
>> rm -vf ~/gtd/wiki/*~
>> ...
>> Oh, or maybe you could use Vim to expand the wildcards? If
>>
>> !dir ~/gtd/wiki/*~
>>
>> shows only the backup files, use
>>
>> !del -y ~/gtd/wiki/*~
>>
>> to remove them.
>>
>> After that, your 'backupskip' option ought to work.
Thanks for the quick reply AJ! I tried this same configuration on Linux
just now and got the same results. Here's basically what I did (on both
Windows and Linux):
1. I opened my $HOME/gtd/wiki directory within Vim using netrw.
2. I deleted the FrontPage~ doc using netrw
3. I then opened my FrontPage doc, edited it and saved it.
4. I then opened my $HOME/gtd/wiki directory again within Vim using netrw.
Unfortunately, the FrontPage~ doc was created again. Here's what's in my
vimrc:
set backupskip="$HOME/gtd/wiki/*"
Is there anything else I could be missing?
Thanks again!
Tom Purl
