Format
Vim SWAP File
Summary
- Name
- Vim SWAP File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1582
- Description
- Vim SWAP file is a temporary file created by the open source Vim text editor, when editing a file. The file's name typically begins with ".", and ends with ".swp". The file is normally deleted when editing is complete, but may be left behind in the event of a crash or other abnormal termination. Its main purpose is to periodically record unsaved changes made to the file. It also serves as a lock file. The file format is undocumented, and not necessarily portable. Vim is free and open-source, screen-based text editor program for Unix, released to the public in 1991. Vim was designed for use both from a command-line interface and as a standalone application in a graphical user interface.
- Note
- https://www.vim.org/ https://vimhelp.org/recover.txt.html#swap-file http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Vim_swap_file https://github.com/adamhotep/misc-scripts/blob/master/ls.swp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)
- File extensions
-
swp - Source
- The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Internal signatures
Vim SWAP file
- Note
- BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: 'b0VIM'
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
623056494D- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
Vim SWAP File: Format Type removed. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.
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Added in V101
- Release date
- 15 February 2022
Vim SWAP File: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.
Vim SWAP File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.