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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2018-08-07 21:39:28 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2018-08-07 21:39:28 +0200
commitb782ba475a3f8f2b0be99dda164ba4545347f60f (patch)
tree76e9857ad9334b0df1bf9ed2ba4a612a37ef2dff /runtime
parentb1cf16113f7ab67f42fb6822cecdef74a54fa950 (diff)
downloadvim-git-b782ba475a3f8f2b0be99dda164ba4545347f60f.tar.gz
patch 8.1.0251: using full path is not supported for 'backupdir'v8.1.0251
Problem: Using a full path is supported for 'directory' but not for 'backupdir'. (Mikolaj Machowski) Solution: Support 'backupdir' as well. (Christian Brabandt, closes #179)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/options.txt22
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 8645c4733..eb455fc09 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -1054,6 +1054,14 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
name, precede it with a backslash.
- To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
- A directory name may end in an '/'.
+ - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//",
+ the swap file name will be built from the complete path to the file
+ with all path separators changed to percent '%' signs. This will
+ ensure file name uniqueness in the backup directory.
+ On Win32, it is also possible to end with "\\". However, When a
+ separating comma is following, you must use "//", since "\\" will
+ include the comma in the file name. Therefore it is recommended to
+ use '//', instead of '\\'.
- Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
- Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
@@ -2680,12 +2688,14 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
- A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-DOS et al.) means to
put the swap file relative to where the edited file is. The leading
"." is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
- - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//"
- or "\\", the swap file name will be built from the complete path to
- the file with all path separators substituted to percent '%' signs.
- This will ensure file name uniqueness in the preserve directory.
- On Win32, when a separating comma is following, you must use "//",
- since "\\" will include the comma in the file name.
+ - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//",
+ the swap file name will be built from the complete path to the file
+ with all path separators substituted to percent '%' signs. This will
+ ensure file name uniqueness in the preserve directory.
+ On Win32, it is also possible to end with "\\". However, When a
+ separating comma is following, you must use "//", since "\\" will
+ include the comma in the file name. Therefore it is recommended to
+ use '//', instead of '\\'.
- Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
name, precede it with a backslash.