VIM: Disable Swap

VIM: Disable Swap How does one disable swap files for VIM via .vimrc?
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Guest [Entry]

"set nobackup
set nowritebackup
set noswapfile"

Guest [Entry]

"I would not disable swap files completely because they are used for recovery if vim crashes.

Instead, put them into a temp folder so that they are not scattered all over:

if has(""win32"")
set directory=c:\\tmp,c:\\temp
elseif has(""unix"")
set directory=/tmp
endif"