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? > > I'm using vim 7.0 on Gentoo Linux.
have a look at :help 'backupskip' Regards, Jürgen -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin)
