diff -Nur vim-5.4k/src/os_unix.h vim-5.4k.pld/src/os_unix.h
--- vim-5.4k/src/os_unix.h	Tue May 11 17:42:25 1999
+++ vim-5.4k.pld/src/os_unix.h	Sun Jun 13 17:55:19 1999
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 # ifdef OS2
 #  define DEF_BDIR	".,c:/tmp,~/tmp,~/"
 # else
-#  define DEF_BDIR	".,~/tmp,~/"	/* default for 'backupdir' */
+#  define DEF_BDIR	".,~/tmp,/var/lib/vim"	/* default for 'backupdir' */
 # endif
 #endif
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 # ifdef OS2
 #  define DEF_DIR	".,~/tmp,c:/tmp,/tmp"
 # else
-#  define DEF_DIR	".,~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp"	/* default for 'directory' */
+#  define DEF_DIR	".,~/tmp,/var/lib/vim,/var/tmp,/tmp"	/* default for 'directory' */
 # endif
 #endif
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 #ifdef OS2
 # define MAKEEF		"vim##.err"
 #else
-# define MAKEEF		"/tmp/vim##.err"
+# define MAKEEF		"~/tmp/vim##.err"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef OS2