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Old 07-19-2011, 05:13 PM   #1
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Question Basic question concerning vim


Here's what is going on; I'll open any file in vim to edit, and then when I'm finished and I enter ":wq", instead of saving the file I was editing, vim creates another by the same name with a tilde.

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Old 07-19-2011, 05:19 PM   #2
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Vim actually is saving your file, but also creates a backup of the old file. That is the file with the tilde.
 
Old 07-19-2011, 05:22 PM   #3
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Code:
bash$ ls ~/tmp
bash$ vim ~/tmp/test.txt
<edit file and :wq or :x out of vim>
bash$ ls ~/tmp
test.txt
bash$ vim ~/tmp/test.txt
<edit file and :wq or :x out of vim>
bash$ ls ~/tmp
test.txt
test.txt~
something like that? the ~ version is a backup. search "vim turn off backup" at a search engine of your choice, that should help.
 
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Figured it out, thanks for the help.

Last edited by ADX; 07-19-2011 at 07:34 PM.
 
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Just create a .vimrc in your home-folder and add that option.
 
  


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