Get path of current file being sourced

Question

I am sourcing a local vimrc using the plugin from the first response here: Vim: apply settings on files in directory

Now what i'd like to do is to add the curren path of this local vimrc file to vims path.

I do know that %:p:h gives me the path of the current file. But it is of the file being opened not of the config file being soucred.

let s:local_path = expand('%:p:h')
exec "set path+=".s:local_path

Does anyone know how to get the path of the file being sourced?

possible duplicate of [How to get path to the current vimscript being executed](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4976776/how-to-get-path-to-the-current-vimscript-being-executed) — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Jun 25 '15 at 08:37

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '12 at 00:19

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Instead of %, just use the special <sfile>; in a script (but not inside a function within a script!), it is expanded to the file name of the sourced script:

:let s:local_path = expand('<sfile>:p:h')

answered Dec 21 '12 at 00:19

Ingo Karkat

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