On 01/15/2011 11:18 AM, ZyX wrote:
> On my system vim deletes the old file and moves new to its
> place (by the way, does someone know how to make vim modify
> existing file instead?).
I believe the option 'backupcopy' controls this. From Vim's
help::
"""
'backupcopy' 'bkc' string (Vi default for Unix: "yes", otherwise:
"auto")
global
{not in Vi}
When writing a file and a backup is made, this option tells how it's
done. This is a comma separated list of words.
The main values are:
"yes" make a copy of the file and overwrite the original one
"no" rename the file and write a new one
"auto" one of the previous, what works best
"""
To check your value and see where it was set::
:verbose set backupcopy?
Michael Henry
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