[CentOS] vim and backup files

[Mihai T. Lazarescu]

On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 06:23:42PM +0200, Dominik Zyla wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 02:34:11PM -0700, ellis at spinics.net wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:22:13 -0700, Kwan Lowe
> > <kwan.lowe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Check filesystems for space?  Temp dir?  Maybe try cleaning out your
> > > .vimrc to see if some cruft in it?  Also check /etc/vimrc for
> > > changes.. Maybe even re-install or check to see if the packages have
> > > been corrupted?
> > 
> > Check inode availability as well. If you're out of inodes, you won't be able
> > to create a file.
> 
> You can also look at your `limit' output. Maybe one of those limits
> (most possible `filesize' or `descriptors') exceeded.

Can try vim -n (won't create swap file.)

Mihai