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

Hi,

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:46:03 +0000
Phil Dobbin <phildobbin@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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'
>

You can always use :autocmd :

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/autocmd.html

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

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