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steveyang
steveyang

Reputation: 9288

What's the variable for current working directory in vim?

In vimscript, if I want to get the value of current working directory for current buffer (could be changed by :lcd), which variable or expression would I use to fetch that?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 9961

Answers (1)

ZyX
ZyX

Reputation: 53604

let cwd = getcwd()

or

let cwd = fnamemodify('.', ':p')

. Both always return effective value for the current buffer, but determination of whether this is working directory local to buffer (i.e. changed by :lcd/'autochdir') or global one (i.e. changed by :cd/untouched since vim start) is the more interesting question. I do not know the answer for it.

Upvotes: 15

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