Re: Directory name to variable (dired?)

[Tim Johnson]

* Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> [181007 15:07]:
> > Is there a function that returns a directory and full path
> > so that it could be assigned to a variable?
> > 
> > Ideally, dired would be a great place to start, as the directory
> > path is at the top of the screen.
> 
> In Dired, `M-0 w' invokes command `dired-copy-filename-as-kill'
> with prefix arg 0, which copies the absolute name of the file
> named on the current line.
> 
> Non-interactively, (dired-copy-filename-as-kill 0) does the
> same thing.
> 
> Then (setq foo (current-kill 0)) sets variable `foo' to a string
> with that absolute file name.
  Thanks Drew. I can use that, and without adding another package.
  Cheers

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Tim Johnson
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