Re: VIM

[Steve Mayer <smayer@rtd.com>]

Timothy,

  The ~ files are backup files of the file that you just edited.  To
turn this ability off, edit your .vimrc file (or /etc/vimrc if you don't
have a local copy) and change the "set backup" option to "set nobackup".

Steve Mayer
smayer@rtd.com

timothy@smasher.rs.itd.umich.edu wrote:
> 
> Whenever I use vim to edit files, when I am done there is a "whateverfilename~"
> file in the directory. What are these files with the tilde for? If they aren't
> important, how do I make vim not leave them lying around all the time? Because
> its insanely annoying to have to delete zillions of filename~ files that appear
>  when I am using vim to write large multi-sourcefile programs.
> 
> Thanks,
> Timothy
> 
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