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Re: How to get full path of currently opened file?


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: How to get full path of currently opened file?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:23:23 -0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>> I'm trying to use emacs in combination with cscope.
>> Sometimes, I got lost by not knowing where the file is located in
>> source tree.
>> Is there any simple command that I use for this case? say,  "M-x
>> display-file-path" or something similar.
>> 
>> Thanks for your help in advance.

> M-: (buffer-file-name)

> Shows the full path of the visited file.

BTW, the convention on GNU systems is to use the word "path" only for
lists of directories (as in $PATH or load-path), whereas what the user
is asking for would simply be an absolute file name.


        Stefan


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