Re: vim: how to disable vim backup file when launching vim command?

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On 01/21/2013 07:24 AM, ping wrote:

> vim backup file is great in 99% scenarios, but it's annoying to create
> an un-wanted file in some system directories, especially in dirs that
> contains configurations for apps.
> how, can I disable the backup file creation, right when I launch vim to
> read a file?
>
> I know another workaround is to just launch vim without any file, turn
> off backup file creation, and then open the files...

I'm not aware of an option to turn backups off on a per file basis but I
always set in my vimrc the directory to which the backups are saved:

'set backup

set backupdir=~/.backup'

Cheers,

Phil...

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