I'm having the same issue where doing it via the intended netrw commands gave
me the error but if I do it via command such as
:!cp file.txt file2.txt
it worked.
On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 1:30:14 PM UTC-7, Mark McDonnell wrote:
> On Friday, 7 August 2015 16:50:02 UTC+1, Charles Campbell wrote:
> > Mark McDonnell wrote:
> > > Hi, can anyone help me this issue with netrw?
> > >
> > > To copy a file in Vim using netrw I have to following these steps:
> > >
> > > 1. Select the destination directory (using mt)
> > > 2. Select the file to be copied (using mf)
> > > 3. Proceed with copying (using mc)
> > >
> > > The commands to use in netrw are:
> > >
> > > - mt run while cursor is on top of the directory intended to be the
> > > destination
> > > - mf run while cursor is on top of the file intended to be copied
> > > - mc run while cursor is on top of the destination ("marked target")
> > > directory
> > mc requires that the target directory and source file have been
> > selected. It doesn't require that it be done while the cursor is atop
> > the destination directory.
> > >
> > > If I do this on an example project, Vim will display something like:
> > >
> > > Copy foo.md to : bar.md
> > >
> > > Suggesting it's about to do what I want it to, but upon confirming this I
> > > get the following error:
> > >
> > > 1 **error** (netrw) tried using g:netrw_localcopycmd<cp>; it doesn't
> > > work!
> > >
> > This means that system("cp 'your-selected-file'
> > 'your-target-directory'") failed. Check your permissions and path.
> > What does :echo executable("cp") show?
>
> Executing `:echo executable("cp")` returns a 1 for me
>
> Oh and I think I've figured out the initial issue: if I had two folders foo
> and bar and I mark foo as the target and then press ENTER on the bar folder
> to have a look inside it, and then press ENTER on foo to look inside that;
> although I was moving my cursor inside the bar folder and pressing mf on a
> file inside the bar folder, as far as netrw is concerned I'm still "focused"
> on the foo folder.
>
> The solution seemed to be: at this point I should press ENTER on bar (hiding
> the contents) and then again (showing the content) and finally press mf on
> the file inside bar I want to copy; now as far as netrw is concerned, I've
> marked the file inside the correct directory and the mc command will now
> succeed.
>
> The mistake I had made was assuming just moving the cursor inside a folder
> was enough for mf to work. I neglected to realise that I had to be "focused"
> in the correct folder for the mf command to work.
>
> One remaining question though is: how do you refresh the list of files?
> Looking at the help files I see it's <c-l> which I interpret as <Ctrl>+l but
> pressing that does nothing. I have to press ENTER on the folder (to close it)
> and then again (to open it) to see the file has been copied. I was hoping
> <c-l> would've have worked but it doesn't error or anything?
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