Hi, I want to trigger a command when a file in a particular directory is saved. The solution discussed here work in general.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20419121/how-to-automatically-run-a-command-after-saving-a-file However, I run into issues when the directory is symlinked as in this (as of now unanswered) question: https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/25136/autocmd-pattern-matching-symlinked-directory So basically the issue is that vim resolves the symlink and doesn't trigger the autocmd. Example: mkdir -p ~/vim-test/foo cd vim-test ln -s foo symlink-to-foo " in .vimrc: augroup ft_customhelp au! au BufWritePost ~/vim-test/foo/file-* echo "~/vim-test/file_in_foo_was_saved" au BufWritePost ~/vim-test/symlink-to-foo/file-* echo "~/vim-test/file_in_symlink_to_foo_was_saved" augroup END vi ~/vim-test/foo/file-foo i foo <esc>:w → ~/vim-test/file_in_foo_was_saved rm ~/vim-test/file_in_foo_was_saved vi ~/vim-test/symlink-to-foo/file-bar i bar <esc>:w → ~/vim-test/file_in_foo_was_saved # rather than ~/vim-test/file_in_symlink_to_foo_was_saved How to trigger the autocmd reliably on symlinked directories? Marco -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20210107164151.0d569d3a%40homerow.
