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fdrebin

Member

Registered: 2005-04-25

Posts: 152

annoying backup files

if you edit a file then a backup is made automatically.
i know these are just to help but everywhere in my folders there are these backup files
isn't there a option to turn them off?

i3839

Member

Registered: 2004-02-04

Posts: 1,185

Re: annoying backup files

You edit a file with what? The backup is done by the program you use, so it depends on your program how to turn it off.

oscar

Member

From: Kiruna, Sweden

Registered: 2004-08-13

Posts: 457

Re: annoying backup files

if you edit a file then a backup is made automatically.
i know these are just to help but everywhere in my folders there are these backup files
isn't there a option to turn them off?

"It's not a bug, it's a feature" :-)

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phrakture

Arch Overlord

From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: annoying backup files

I'm gonna assume vim:

edit ~/.vimrc and add

set nobackup
set nowritebackup

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