Re: command when file is closed

On Mo, 06 Aug 2018, Michael Wagner wrote:

> On Aug 06, 2018 um 11:47:39, David Woodfall wrote:
> > On Monday 6 August 2018 11:30,
> > Dave Woodfall <dave@dawoodfall.net> put forth the proposition:
> > > On Saturday 4 August 2018 14:28,
> > > Michael Wagner <wagner_m_bremen@web.de> put forth the proposition:
> > > > Hello folks,
> > > >
> > > > I am on linux Debian and my signature files are handled by fortune. When
> > > > I add a new signature with vim, the dat file for the sigfile must also
> > > > be updated, to tell fortune the changes. At the moment I have an alias
> > > > for this
> > > >
> > > > alias vim-add-sig='vim + ~/sigs/signature + ~/sigs/signature_english && \\
> > > > for i in $(find ~/sigs/ -not -name "*.dat" -type f); do strfile $i; done'
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure it's possible to add the for loop in my .vimrc when I edit my
> > > > sigfiles, but I don't know how.
> > >
> > > :for {var} in {list}
> > > <do stuff>
> > > :endfo[r]
> > >
> > > See :help :for
> >
> > Sorry, I just copy/pasted that without thinking (too early in the
> > am), but you don't need to prepend the : in a file.
> >
> > for
> > ..
> > endfor
> >
> > There is also a while loop too, if you need one.
>
> Hello David,
>
> thanks for your answer, but it is not for my question. Sorry if it
> wasn't clear enough.
> I want to know how I start the command 'strfile' when I edit my sigfile.
> I have this not functional snippet in my .vimrc
>
> autocmd BufWritePost $HOME/sigs/* exe "!/usr/bin/strfile"
>
> and the errormessage is
>
> :!/usr/bin/strfile
> No input file name
> strfile [-iorsx] [-c char] sourcefile [datafile]
>
> shell returned 1
>
> So how I get the filename commited to the command?

I guess you want something like:

autocmd BufWritePost $HOME/sigs/* exe ":!/usr/bin/strfile" expand("<amatch>")


Best,
Christian
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