Re: elisp function to find pwd

[Shaun Johnson]

Hi Vijay,

Not a function but the buffer local variable default-directory. This is what 
pwd uses.

S.

Vijay Lakshminarayanan wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'd like to know if there exists a simple elisp function that I can
> call and just get the present working directory.
>
> I tried (pwd) but it gives a prefix.  For example:
>
> (pwd)
> "Directory C:\\emacs-22.2\\bin/"
>
> Which prefixes "Directory" to the result.  I could just strip that bit
> out but I'd like to know if there's an easier way.
>
> Another hack I tried is:
>
> (defun get-pwd-hack ()
>   (let* ((buffer-name (buffer-name))
>          (buffer-file-name (buffer-file-name))
>          (bnl (length buffer-name))
>          (bfnl (length buffer-file-name)))
>     (substring buffer-file-name 0 (- bfnl (1+ bnl)))))
>
> Which will fail if I'm in, say, the *scratch* buffer.
>
> Thanks
> Vijay