Re: Recover a deleted file from its swap file

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a vim swap file for a file that I have just deleted.
>
> It is possible to get vim to (sort of) recover the content of the file
> referred to by the swap file?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>

vim "filename", and choose the recover option. See how that works out for you.

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