When I remove the "let &bex ... " line I get a clean backup file in
$VIM/backup
When I add the "let &bex.. " line I get the error messages.
So I assume that the backup dir isn't the problem, but the let &bex .. is
But I don't know why
Thanks for the one-time setting comment
set bdir=$VIM/backup
let &bex = '-' . strftime("%Y%b%d%X") . '~'
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[start _vimrc]
set nocompatible
source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
behave mswin
" Disclaimer: the following is untested
" -------------------------------------
if ! isdirectory($VIM . '/backup')
silent! !mkdir $VIM/backup
if ! isdirectory($VIM . '/backup')
echoerr "Backup directory does not exist"
\ "and cannot be created"
endif
endif
set bdir=$VIM/backup
let &bex = '-' . strftime("%Y%b%d%X") . '~'
[end _vimrc]
'backupext' is here set to the date-time when the vimrc was sourced. If a
file is edited and saved several times in a single session, all backups
will (IIUC) overwrite one another.
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