vim E509: Cannot create backup file (add ! to override)
When i save file on a server in vim, i get error
“FILE_NAME.EXTN” E509: Cannot create backup file (add ! to override)
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I verified vim backupdir with command
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:verbose set backupdir |
That showed “backupdir=.,~/tmp,~/”, i compared it with vim installed on my PC, it looked same.
I tried to create a file on the server using touch, it failed.
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root@v22013111876215233:/home/firsthost/public_html/themes/blue/styles# touch 2 touch: cannot touch `2': No space left on device root@v22013111876215233:/home/firsthost/public_html/themes/blue/styles# |
The error was due to disk full on the server and vim was not able to create a backup file.
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