Set shell's working directory to the current file opened in vim

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I am using Windows gVim and I am trying to invoke commands to run on cygwin's bash. It is working, but the working directory is set to $HOME every time. Would it possible to set to the current file's directory?

I have the following line in my .vimrc:

set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c set shellxquote=\"

I have the following lines in my .profile:

if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then # include .bashrc if it exists if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then . "$HOME/.bashrc" fi fi

Ingo Karkat · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-19 09:32:30Z

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I think the --login does that; remove that argument and the shell will be opened in GVIM's current directory.

answered Apr 19, 2013 at 9:32

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romainl · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-19 09:10:42Z

You can pass the current file's directory to external commands like this:

:!ls %:p:h

See :h filename-modifiers and possibly :h shellescape().

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