Re: Backup Directory

On Sa, 07 Mär 2026, Christopher wrote:

> I'm trying to setup a backup directory; "backupdir"=//etc/.backup
> within my vimrc although; no file is being written to this directory ?

Please show what exactly you set. You may also need to :set backup to
keep the backup file available after the file was successfully written.

See :h backup-table

Thanks,
Christian
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