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patch 8.1.0251: using full path is not supported for 'backupdir'

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Problem:    Using a full path is supported for 'directory' but not for
            'backupdir'. (Mikolaj Machowski)
Solution:   Support 'backupdir' as well. (Christian Brabandt, closes #179)
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Bram Moolenaar
2018-08-07 21:39:28 +02:00
parent b1cf16113f
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@@ -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.