Donn Washburn wrote:
Hey Group;
REF: backup file name - file~
I have tried turning this off in ~/.vimrc and it still works. I find
this character as a pain because double clicking fails to see a "~" and
without being careful it is possible to delete the wrong file seen which
is missing the "~". I have looked in Vim7.0 source for "~" and didn't
find it. ./configure --help seems to offer no way to defeat or change
it. Is there a variable or something to set that will change it to
something like file.bak
see
:help backup
:help 'backup'
:help 'backupdir'
:help 'backupext'
:help 'patchmode'
:help 'writebackup'
To turn it off (still make a temporary backup while Vim is in the
process of writing the file, but delete it as soon as the write is found
to be "succesful"):
:set nobackup writebackup
To use ".bak" instead:
:set backup backupext=.bak
See also ":help 'backupext'" about how to include a timestamp in the
backup filename.
Best regards,
Tony.
