Re: external command not using current directory

On 03/08/14 05:11, Wis Macomson wrote:
> What I want is for external commands (":!") to run in the current
> directory. With "autochdir", that should be the directory where my file
> is, right?
>
> If I ":cwd", I get the expected current directory. If I "!!ls", I do
> not get the expected contents of the current directory, rather, the
> directory two levels up.
>
> This is a new machine, and I'm sure my _vimrc is the same as on previous
> machines. This on a Windoze 7 Pro machine and I'm running Cygwin. Are
> there some DOS environment variables, or some other behind the scenes
> setup that I need to configure?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -wis

'autochdir' does not always the way you expect, in particular with the
netrw plugin, which works better when that option is not set when it
opens new windows.

What I recommend is to :lcd to the directory you want current for the
current editfile and all its children, and leave it there. For instance,
when editing Vim source, something like:

:tabnew ~/.build/vim/vim74/vim/
:lcd %
:sv src
:pwd
/home/wis/.build/vim/vim74/vim
:!ls src " or :!ls %:h
:e feature.h

etc.



Best regards,
Tony.
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