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Get rid of Swap files created by GVIM in windows!

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Tired of all those swap file created by GVIM appearing where ever a file is edited? Well follow the procedure given below to get rid of them.

1. Vim is by default installed to – C:\Program Files\Vim. Find out where your copy of GVIM is installed.

2. In that directory you will see a file “_vimrc “.

3.Add the following lines to that file–

set backupdir=c:/junk,.,/tmp
set directory=.,c:/junk,/tmp

Save and exit “_vimrc”

4. Now create a directory “junk” in your C-Drive.

5. You are done.

All swap files will be put here and your workspace will now remain clean.