" " auto_swapdir.vim: Configure 'directory' automatically, including trying hard " to create it. " " Author: Tom Ryder " License: Same as Vim itself " if exists('g:loaded_auto_swapdir') || &compatible finish endif let g:loaded_auto_swapdir = 1 " Define the swap path we want if exists('$VIM_SWAPDIR') let s:swapdir = $VIM_SWAPDIR else " This is imperfect in that it will break if you have a backslashed comma in " the first component of your &runtimepath, but if you're doing that, you " probably already have way bigger problems let s:swapdir \ = strpart(&runtimepath, 0, stridx(&runtimepath, ',')) \ . '/swap' endif " If the prospective swapfile directory does not exist, try hard to create it if !isdirectory(expand(s:swapdir)) " Try Vim's native mkdir() first if exists('*mkdir') silent! call mkdir(expand(s:swapdir), 'p', 0700) " Failing that, use an OS-dependent command " (Fortunately, Unix and Windows are the only OS types in the world) elseif has('*shellescape') if has('unix') let l:mkdir = '!mkdir -m 0700 -p ' elseif has('win32') || has('win64') let l:mkdir = '!mkdir ' endif silent! execute l:mkdir \ . shellescape(expand(s:swapdir)) endif endif " If the directory exists after that... if isdirectory(expand(s:swapdir)) " Set the swapfile directory and turn swapfiles on execute 'set directory^=' . s:swapdir . '//' set swapfile " If not, give up and raise an error else echoerr 'Could not create swapdir ' . s:swapdir endif