On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 06:19:17PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: >When I use VIM, I get a backup file with ~ at the end. How do I go about >stopping VIM from creating these backups on a system-wide basis? /etc/vimrc ...the command that sets it is in that file...change the set to an unset and you should be fine - flip ----------------------------------- flip@csh.rit.edu/flip@octoraro.org ---- "Men argue; nature acts." -- Voltaire