--- ./runtime/vimrc_example.vim.orig	2019-01-04 17:35:22.000000000 -0600
+++ ./runtime/vimrc_example.vim	2019-01-11 14:43:36.366302054 -0600
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 
 endif " has("autocmd")
 
+" Make vim work with the 'crontab -e' command
+set backupskip+=/var/spool/cron/*,/run/cron/*
+
 " Add optional packages.
 "
 " The matchit plugin makes the % command work better, but it is not backwards