LKBEN11048: Howto disable the standard creation of swap files in vim (and enable them again)
Symptom
You do not want to have those files with .swp files in your directories
Cause
none
Solution
The following directive, which should be added in the system-wide or user-specific “vimrc” file, disables the creation creation of a swap file.
set noswapfil
You can enable it again with
set swapfile
You can also set these interactively. In this case you add a : in front of them. If you are not shure, you can type part of it and use the Tab key. Vim will list all the possibilities for you.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.