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Jeremy Stein
Jeremy Stein

Reputation: 19661

Vim swap and backup files for encrypted drive

I like setting the swap and backup directories to the temp directory just to keep them out of the way. E.g.

set backup
set directory=C:/Temp//
set backupdir=C:/Temp//

However, I have some files on a TrueCrypt drive (my "T:" drive). When I use Vim to modify those files, I'd like it to keep the swap and backup files on the same (T:) drive, or else not create swap and backup files at all.

Is there a way to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 75

Answers (1)

Jeremy Stein
Jeremy Stein

Reputation: 19661

One way is to just make sure there's a Temp directory at the root of the encrypted drive:

set backup
set directory=/Temp//,C:/Temp//
set backupdir=/Temp//,C:/Temp//

If there isn't one, it will fall back to the Temp directory on the C drive.

Upvotes: 1

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