How to change the folder path for swp files in Vim

Question

Hello,
I'm working at a project on a remote server. I don't want to have the swap files on the server. I would like all swap files for Vim (and, of course, gVim) to be saved on the specified directory. How could I do that?

Answer 1

Looks like you need to set the directory option:

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#%27directory%27

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/recover.html#swap-file

Answer 2

You might want to consider setting the backupdir options as well:

set backupdir=Z:\backups

That makes vim store backups in a specific location rather than in the current directory.