patch 8.1.0251: using full path is not supported for 'backupdir'
Problem: Using a full path is supported for 'directory' but not for
'backupdir'. (Mikolaj Machowski)
Solution: Support 'backupdir' as well. (Christian Brabandt, closes #179)
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 8645c47..eb455fc 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -1054,6 +1054,14 @@
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 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.