Re: Update on inability to copy marked files, netrw 147j

Paul wrote:
> My first attempt at this was last weekend,
> http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_frm/thread/61fc0c9f19333354.
>
> This weekend, I had a chance to install the gvim 7.3.829 today, then
> install
> netrw 147j into "c:/Program Files (x86)/vim/vimfiles". A strange
> behaviour of
> this version is that there are 2 parent directories ("../") shown.
> I'm not
> sure if that is relevant problem, and I simply proceeded with
> testing. This
> meant marking a target directory, marking some files, and issuing
> "mc". The
> files still did not get copied, but I got a message:
>
> **warning** (netrw) consider setting g:netrw_localcopycmd<cmd /c copy>
> to something that works
>
> Now, cmd and copy both are valid, recognized commands in Windows 7
> when issued from the Start button. I also found a related thread at
> http://www.mail-archive.com/vim_dev@googlegroups.com/msg16959.html.
> So I checked that &g:shell='C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe' and confirmed
> that the full path does launch a Windows command shell when issued
> from the Start button. I also confirmed that, regardless of whether I
> started a shell using 'cmd' or 'C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe', both
> accept and execute commands in the form 'cmd /c blah' (I used 'dir'
> for 'blah').
>
> However, I also tried modifying g:netrw_localcopycmd from 'cmd /c
> copy' to just 'copy'. I got this idea from the fact that
> g:netrw_localcopycmd='cp' in the cygwin X11 gvim; that is, there were
> no prefix words that explicitly specify the shell. When I tried this
> on the Windows gvim, I got the error message:
>
> **error** (netrw) g:netrw_localcopycmd<copy> not executable on your
> system, aborting
>
> Thanks for any further suggestions or confirmation of this behaviour.
>
Try putting the full path into your g:netrw_localcopycmd; presumably,
that would be

let g:netrw_localcopycmd= 'c:\windows\system32\cmd /c copy'

I've been using Vista with just 'cmd /c copy' and that's worked for me,
though.

Regards,
C Campbell

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