Close Error On Swap File
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error messages that Vim produces. You can use this if you don't understand what the message means. It is not complete though. 1. Old messages close error on swap file vim |:messages| 2. Error messages |error-messages| 3. Messages |messages| ============================================================================== 1. Old messages
Write Error In Swap File Vim
*:messages* *:mes* *message-history* The ":messages" command can be used to view previously given messages. This is especially e297 write error in swap file linux useful when messages have been overwritten or truncated. This depends on the 'shortmess' option. The number of remembered messages is fixed at 20 for the tiny version and 200
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for other versions. *g<* The "g<" command can be used to see the last page of previous command output. This is especially useful if you accidentally typed
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or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User is a question write error in swap file fsync failed and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/message.html voted up and rise to the top Swap file error message while trying to edit .vimrc file? up vote 5 down vote favorite 1 Everytime I try to open the .vimrc file I am getting this message .I am using the vimtutor in another terminal but I don't think I have opened up any extra .vimrc file . Why do I see this error and how can I http://superuser.com/questions/543354/swap-file-error-message-while-trying-to-edit-vimrc-file fix this ? E325: ATTENTION Found a swap file by the name ".vimrc.swp" owned by: subhrcho dated: Wed Dec 26 05:54:45 2012 file name: ~subhrcho/.vimrc modified: YES user name: subhrcho host name: slc04lyo process ID: 26176 While opening file ".vimrc" dated: Mon Jan 28 22:45:16 2013 NEWER than swap file! (1) Another program may be editing the same file. If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two different instances of the same file when making changes. Quit, or continue with caution. (2) An edit session for this file crashed. If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r .vimrc" to recover the changes (see ":help recovery"). If you did this already, delete the swap file ".vimrc.swp" to avoid this message. Swap file ".vimrc.swp" already exists! vim vimrc share|improve this question asked Jan 29 '13 at 11:46 Geek 38941022 add a comment| 3 Answers 3 active oldest votes up vote 8 down vote accepted The swap file is a month old (Dec 26), so it's probably save to delete it. On that day, you probably killed a Vim instance (or it crashed), leaving behind the swap file. Vim will never clean these up itself, you have
for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn http://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/6641/e297-write-error-in-swap-file-due-to-running-in-a-vm more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Vi and Vim beta Questions Tags http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1098159/vim-stop-existing-swap-file-warnings Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Vi and Vim Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for people using the vi and Vim families of text editors. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top “E297: Write swap file error in swap file” due to running in a VM up vote 3 down vote favorite UPDATE: I've tried both the :set noswapfile swapfile solution and the :e! solution and the swapfile one is better because it retains undo history even for large files, in this case meaning over 1.5 MB. For some reason, :e! does not keep undo history in those cases even though it does keep it in the normal case (say sub-100KB). The swapfile solution write error in appears to me now to work under any circumstances, which is very impressive. A bit of a weird question: How can I cleanly get rid of or move past the error message "E297: Write error in swap file"? I am running GVim when this happens and do not want to be forced to close it down and reopen a new GVim because I don't want to lose all my open buffers and ideally I'd like to keep all my undo history in each file too, but even a solution where I lose undo history would be an improvement. I have one limited workaround right now noted at bottom and am looking for something a little better... Why would I want to ignore such an error? A good question: I am running GVim in a virtual machine and I have it open on a file on the "host" file system rather than the VM's own file system and I "suspend" the VM. After coming back from the suspend, every GVim window open on a host system file will give this message. So the message is evidently due to the disconnection from the host file system that has to occur when the VM is suspended. GVim obviously thinks it still has a valid perhaps file descriptor and such when it doesn't. So the way the error arises is not anything alarming and I jus
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Vim: Stop “existing swap file” warnings up vote 27 down vote favorite 4 I have no idea why, but it seems that no matter how I quit out of Vim, it always leaves the swap files behind. So, whenever I open that file again, I get an irritating error about an existing swap file. Every time I have to choose "delete". I really wish this would stop. Is there anything I can put in my .vimrc to tell it, "just delete the swap file if it exists and leave me alone?" vim share|improve this question asked Jul 8 '09 at 13:42 tdavis 5372611 12 How are you quitting VIM? It shouldn't leave the swap files behind, so rather than masking the problem, we're better off fixing it –Adam Wright Jul 8 '09 at 13:44 1 Are you using a Unix OS and hitting Ctrl-Z? If so, you're doing it wrong. Please be specific on what you mean by "Quit out of Vim". –S.Lott Jul 8 '09 at 14:22 Perhaps you accidentally crashed vim on that file while being root and now vim can't delete it ? Maybe it's read only? –Adrian Panasiuk Jul 8 '09 at 14:41 I use MacVim primarily, and quit it using the normal means (Cmd-Q). It never removes the sawp files, though. –tdavis Jul 8 '09 at 14:47 @tdavis: Command-Q is not "universal". It's normal for most Mac OS X apps. However, it's not "universal" for all apps. –S.Lott Oc