Gary Johnson wrote: > On one of the Linux machines on which I run Vim we run a backup > program which creates hourly and nightly backups of each user's home > directory in ~/.snapshot. The problem is that when I try to view > the differences between a file and its backup copy using vimdiff, > vimdiff resolves both file names to the same file. > > For example, the following command, > > $ vimdiff -N -u NONE -i NONE > .snapshot/nightly.0/.configfiles/profile.common .configfiles/profile.common > > creates two vertically-split windows, but both windows contain the > same file, .snapshot/nightly.0/.configfiles/profile.common. > > I can view the differences by using just diff instead, > > $ diff .snapshot/nightly.0/.configfiles/profile.common > .configfiles/profile.common > > and ls also shows them to be different files: > > $ ls -l .snapshot/nightly.0/.configfiles/profile.common > .configfiles/profile.common > -rwx------ 1 gary gary 3523 Jul 9 13:09 .configfiles/profile.common > -rwx------ 1 gary gary 2992 Jul 7 10:07 > .snapshot/nightly.0/.configfiles/profile.common > > This seems like a bug. > > I'm running 7.4.283 on Fedora 17 Linux.
Did you check the inode numbers on the files? ls --inode. Vim checks if files are the same, ignoring links, by comparing the inode and devide number. -- [Another hideous roar.] BEDEVERE: That's it! ARTHUR: What? BEDEVERE: It's The Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.