Getting the logical path in VIM when there's a symlink -

Getting the logical path in VIM when there's a symlink -

i have next setup:

mkdir /1 mkdir /1/2 mkdir /1/2/3 ln -s /1/2/3 /1/3

if cd /1/3, , pwd, /1/3. if utilize pwd -p, can /1/2/3, or pwd -l forcefulness /1/3.

in vim, i'm looking way /1/3. if open file in /1/3/foo.txt, , utilize fnamemodify(bufname(winbufnr(0)), ':p:h'), returns /1/2/3. how can tell give me same directory pwd give?

it appears can't, other via system('pwd -l'). according vim_use mailing list vim automatically resolves symlinks nowadays.

see text around :h e773 rationale; if vim went symlinks instead of resolved filename, it'd possible have same file open in 2 buffers under 2 different names, , vim become confused trying figure out swap file should be. see in :h version7.txt:

unix: when editing file through symlink swap file utilize name of symlink. utilize name of actual file, editing same file twice detected.

vim symlink