GVIM on windows: way to disable the tmp file creation

Question

I use gvim on windows and I want to know a way to disable the temp file(ending in ~) file creation. Also is there a problem if we do it?

Answer 1

It's not quite what you asked for, but something that I've found works well is to redirect the swap and backup files to a seperate, dedicated folder. That way, they're still there if I need them, but they're not cluttering up the folder I'm working in.

The _vimrc file can be created in any of the following locations:

• %HOMEPATH%\_vimrc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\_vimrc

The following lines in the _vimrc file put backup files into a temporary directory:

set backup
set dir=%TMP%
set backupdir=%TMP%
set directory=%TMP%
set noundofile

The last line prevents the proliferation of undo files.