Just tried it and ran into the problem I thought I would. Removing login eliminates the problem of it not knowing "where it is", but it no longer runs .profile and so on, so as a result it's missing my changes to the path, aliases, etc.
Hmm... -----Original Message----- From: Gary Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:14 PM To: vim@vim.org Subject: Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is On 2006-05-23, Furash Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the > following > > " automatically swithc directories > set autochdir > > " For cygwin shell > set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash > set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c > set shellxquote=\" > > When I try to use cygwin stuff with the "!" command or similar things > from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is. > > That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do > > :pwd > > It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think). > However, if I do > > :! pwd > > It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there > anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should > start in? The problem is the "--login" option that you included in 'shellcmdflag'. Every shell that you execute from vim is executed as a login shell, which means it starts in your home directory. If you just set shellcmdflag=-c instead, it should work fine. Why did you include "--login"? Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division | Spokane, Washington, USA
