On So, 27 Apr 2014, cs86661 wrote:
> when I set ~/.viminfo to be symbolic link to /tmp/.viminfo, then close vim.
> The symbolic link will be replaced with an reqular .viminfo file ?
> So I can't simply use symbolic link on ~/.viminfo :(
>
> reproduce:
> cd
> mv .viminfo /tmp/
> ln -s /tmp/.viminfo .viminfo
> file .viminfo (.viminfo: symbolic link to `/tmp/.viminfo')
> vi (then close it)
> file .viminfo (.viminfo: UTF-8 Unicode text)
I think, this patch does it:
diff --git a/src/ex_cmds.c b/src/ex_cmds.c
--- a/src/ex_cmds.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds.c
@@ -1771,6 +1771,16 @@ write_viminfo(file, forceit)
fname = viminfo_filename(file); /* may set to default if NULL */
if (fname == NULL)
return;
+#ifdef HAVE_READLINK
+ {
+ char_u buf[MAXPATHL];
+ if (resolve_symlink(fname, buf) == OK)
+ {
+ vim_free(fname);
+ fname = vim_strsave(buf);
+ }
+ }
+#endif
fp_in = mch_fopen((char *)fname, READBIN);
if (fp_in == NULL)
Best,
Christian
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