When the cygdrive prefix is /mnt (via fstab modification) vim swap file creation malfunctions as following. Shell working directory is ~ in the examples but doesn't seem to matter:
vi -p foo /mnt/d/bar (swap files created for both) vi -p /mnt/d/bar foo (swap file only created for bar) vi -p /mnt/d/foo /mnt/d/bar (swap file only created for foo) vi -p foo bar (swap files created for both) vi -p foo /mnt/d/bar bar (swap files created for foo and /mnt/d/bar) Basically, it appears that after opening the first file on a cygdrive no further swap files are created. Opening files in windows rather than tabs, or opening additional files from within vim (eg. with tabedit) makes no difference. Nor does the particular cygdrive or its filesystem (eg. /mnt/e/foo where E: is FAT). I have also ruled out vim configuration as the cause by removing ~/.vimrc & ~/.vim/ . However, this behaviour doesn't occur when the cygdrive prefix is reset to /cygdrive (or set to /foo or /mtn). I don't have a 'mnt' directory in my cygwin install directory, and otherwise I have no idea what to make of this. I only discovered the issue by accident and am not particularly concerned with a solution or workaround, but I'm prepared to offer more information or troubleshooting if necessary. Thanks. Windows 7 Professional Ver 6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1 CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.5.2(0.297/5/3) 2016-06-23 14:29 x86_64 vim 7.4.1990-1 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
