[darcs-users] "darcs failed: Unapplicable patch!"

[David Brown]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 07:04:09AM -0400, David Roundy wrote:

> vim annoys me how it creates these swp files even if I don't make any
> changes.  Every time I look at a file in /etc (as root) at work, samhain
> sends me email about how someone's created a new file in /etc! :( Perhaps I
> just shouldn't use vim...

  :set directory=~/tmp

or something like that.  It will put all of the tmp files in a specific
place.  What you lose is the ability to detect collisions.

Also, if the file is opened readonly, no swapfile is created (unless the
file is large).

Dave Brown