Re: Vim mutilating file permissions through Samba?

On 12/08/10 06:29, John wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Vim 7.2.411 on Windows XP (from the Cream web site), to edit
> files hosted on a linux server. I have the linux directory as a
> Windows mapped network drive (via samba).
>
> If via the linux box, I set the permissions on a file to 775, I can
> edit and save the file in Notepad and Wordpad, through the mapped
> network drive, and the permissions are retained. But if I do the same
> editing in Vim, saving the file reverts its permissions to 644.
>
> I'm getting sick of typing 'chmod 775'... and I'd rather not use .*pad
> - any tips?
>
> Thank you,
> John
>

Try using
:set backupcopy=yes

This should overwrite the old file with the new version (using a copy
for the backup if any) thus preserving any attributes the file may have.
The alternative is renaming the old file as backup and creating a new
file for the new version (which is faster, but may sometimes lose some
attributes, e.g. when editing from Windows a network file on a Unix server).

See :help 'backupcopy'

Best regards,
Tony.
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