Tom Purl wrote:
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
Remove the quotes:
:set backupskip=$HOME/gtd/wiki/*
HTH,
Tony.
