Re: How to get directory of current file.

On 2020-04-17 07:47, DwigtArmyOfChampions wrote:
> I am using gVim on Windows. I open a file in C:\tmp called
> file1.cpp. After looking around in file1.cpp I now want to open
> file2.cpp which is also in C:\tmp. So I run the command
>
> :e .\file2.cpp
>
> But this doesn't work because the "." is C:\Windows\system32. Is
> there a different character or function or variable I can use in
> command mode to designate "the directory that the current file is
> in"?

There are two main ways to do this

1) set 'autochdir'. This will automatically change directory to the
directory of the containing file so that "./" will always refer to
the directory of the current file.

2) use expand() or fnamemodify() with the various available modifiers
(":help filename-modifiers"). In this case you want either :p for the
absolute path or :~ for the path relative to your home directory.

-tim



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