Why .swp can be generated?

[Peng Yu]

Hi, When I open a file, a file like .somefile.swp will be generated.
But why a file .swp (without the filename) can be generated?

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Regards,
Peng

[Nikolay Pavlov]

2015-05-06 6:44 GMT+03:00 Peng Yu <peng...@gmail.com>:
> Hi, When I open a file, a file like .somefile.swp will be generated.
> But why a file .swp (without the filename) can be generated?

Extension is the part of the filename. File `.swp` does have the filename.

This can be generated when you view a directory.

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[Gary Johnson]

On 2015-05-05, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi, When I open a file, a file like .somefile.swp will be generated.
> But why a file .swp (without the filename) can be generated?

You will get a file named .swp if you open a new unnamed buffer and
enter text into it. For example, start Vim as

$ vim

and add some text,

ahello

Regards,
Gary