UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, Dummy here!

I have a file in my directory named "jest". I wonder why I couldn't save change by using Shift + z + z which I used to do. But it work fine with :wq! command.

The second thing is, after several time of accessing the file, I notice my directory appears many files named jest~, jesx~, jesy~, jesz~. It never happens before, so what should I do?

Hope some pros can help on this issue.

Thanks in advance!

These files with ~ characters are created because you have set the backup option. So gvim creates a backup file when saving the original file.

You can stop gvim from creating the backup file, by clearing the option:

Code:

:set nobackup

For further reference check vim faqs