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kyle.tk

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Registered: 2005-05-17

Posts: 13

gvim ~ files

I upgraded to Vim 7.0.17 and now every time a edit a file vim creates another file with the same file name as the one I edited appened with a "~". This file stays even after I save and close gvim. What is it and how can I get rid of them?

-kyle

snader

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Registered: 2006-03-28

Posts: 51

Re: gvim ~ files

Put

set nobackup

in your .vimrc. As the name of that setting implies, it's a backup mechanism.

kyle.tk

Member

Registered: 2005-05-17

Posts: 13

Re: gvim ~ files

Perfect, thanks for the quick reply.