Re: Backup Directory

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Please check your settings if you have enabled backups (and set the
directory (backupdir) correctly. I am not sure, but you might set the
permissions in the parent directories too.

Please also read the help files (:help backup). You must set backup and
writebackup settings according to your needs. There is a table in the help
(:help backup) that will tell you how to set these two settings.

Regards

On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 4:00=E2=80=AFPM Christopher <crestchristopher@gmail.=
com>
wrote:

> I understand the permissions issues. How should it backup to begin with,
> as I mentioned to someone else. I've started Vim and decided to write and
> then saved with a file name. I then exited Vim and there was no file in t=
he
> .backup folder ?
>
> On Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 1:00:45=E2=80=AFAM UTC-5 jr wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> On Sun, 8 Mar 2026 at 03:28, Riza Dindir <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > As Eric Marceau pointed out, the double forward slash (//) in the path
>> ("backupdir"=3D//etc/.backup) might be a problem.
>> >
>> > Also the double quotes in "backupdir"=3D//etc/.backup might be a probl=
em.
>> I would use "set backupdir=3D/etc/.backup" (without the double quotes) i=
n the
>> ~/.vimrc file or wherever your rc file is. I have something similar in m=
y
>> settings file: "set bakupdir=3D/tmp" (without the double quotes).
>> >
>> > The other thing might be that you have to create the /etc/.backup
>> directory, and you might need write permissions to that directory. It is
>> odd to use the /etc directory for this IMHO. It might be a good idea to
>> move this to the home folder of your choosing (as Badli al Rashid has
>> suggested). This can be something like ~/tmp/.backup or something else..=
.
>>
>> just to add, conventionally '/etc' is a system directory and a
>> non-root user would be permitted to read, not write.
>>
>> --
>> regards, jr.
>>
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>> to actually try it.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Please check your settings if you have enabled backup=
s (and set the directory (backupdir) correctly. I am not sure, but you migh=
t set the permissions in the parent directories too.</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Please also read the help files (:help backup). You must set backup and =
writebackup=C2=A0settings according to your needs. There is a table in the =
help (:help backup) that will tell you how to set these two settings.</div>=
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_=
quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 =
at 4:00=E2=80=AFPM Christopher &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:crestchristopher@gmail=
.com">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I understand the permissions issues. How s=
hould it backup to begin with, as I mentioned to someone else. I&#39;ve sta=
rted Vim and decided to write and then saved with a file name. I then exite=
d Vim and there was no file in the .backup folder ?<br><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sunday, March 8, 2026 =
at 1:00:45=E2=80=AFAM UTC-5 jr wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,2=
04);padding-left:1ex">hi,
<br>
<br>On Sun, 8 Mar 2026 at 03:28, Riza Dindir &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow">riza..=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:
<br>&gt; As Eric Marceau pointed out, the double forward slash (//) in the =
path (&quot;backupdir&quot;=3D//etc/.backup) might be a problem.
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt; Also the double quotes in &quot;backupdir&quot;=3D//etc/.backup mi=
ght be a problem. I would use &quot;set backupdir=3D/etc/.backup&quot; (wit=
hout the double quotes) in the ~/.vimrc file or wherever your rc file is. I=
 have something similar in my settings file: &quot;set bakupdir=3D/tmp&quot=
; (without the double quotes).
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt; The other thing might be that you have to create the /etc/.backup =
directory, and you might need write permissions to that directory. It is od=
d to use the /etc directory for this IMHO. It might be a good idea to move =
this to the home folder of your choosing (as Badli al Rashid has suggested)=
. This can be something like ~/tmp/.backup or something else...
<br>
<br>just to add, conventionally &#39;/etc&#39; is a system directory and a
<br>non-root user would be permitted to read, not write.
<br>
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<br>regards, jr.
<br>
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h
<br>to actually try it.
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