On 3/9/2026 7:48 AM, Christian Brabandt wrote:
Please keep the reply on the vim-use list, forwarding to vim-use for
reference.
On Mo, 09 Mär 2026, CrestChristopher wrote:
Vim returns no error;
set backupdir="$HOME/.backup" I've also tried
set backupdir="/etc/.backup
This basically is the same as
:set backupdir=
e.g. because of the double quote acting as a comment character, you are
effectively emptying the option value.
You probably want:
:set backupdir=~/.backup//
note the trailing double slashes to ensure that backup files are written
with full path names, where slashes are replaced by % signs, as
documented at :h 'backupdir'. Please also note: I am not hundert percent
sure if Vim expands the "~" automatically, but I believe it does. If
not, you may want to explicitly spell out your home directory like this:
:set backupdir=/home/user/.backup//
Finally please note, you can always check the value by querying the
option setting directly:
:set backupdir?
set writebackup
This will create a backup, but will delete the backup file after a
successful write. Is that what you want? Or do you want to keep the
backups in which case you want
:set backup
Thanks,
Christian
Although I typed out the full home path where the .backup directory is
located query the path returned; backupdir=~/.backup//
In this case, after typing something in vim, and quitting without
saving; there was no backup saved in the backupdir path ?
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