From 4a491f5f2fedcd345fb3e8fdfdc902475616b3dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Asocia Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 09:54:45 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] TIL: Meaning of a tilde at the end of filename --- vim/meaning-of-a-tilde-at-the-end-of-filename.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 vim/meaning-of-a-tilde-at-the-end-of-filename.md diff --git a/vim/meaning-of-a-tilde-at-the-end-of-filename.md b/vim/meaning-of-a-tilde-at-the-end-of-filename.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7bbb6e --- /dev/null +++ b/vim/meaning-of-a-tilde-at-the-end-of-filename.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Typically files ending with a ~ are backups created by editors like emacs, nano or vi. Set `backupdir` to some other location if you don't want to see them everywhere. + +``` +set backupdir=/path/to/somewhere +```