Re: Backup Directory

hi,

On Mon, 9 Mar 2026 at 11:59, CrestChristopher
<crestchristopher@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> Although I typed out the full home path where the .backup directory is located query the path returned; backupdir=~/.backup//
> In this case, after typing something in vim, and quitting without saving; there was no backup saved in the backupdir path ?

fwiw, the line in my '~/.vimrc' reads:
set backupdir=/tmp,~/tmp

no trailing slashes, works for me.

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