Copying absolute filepath of selected file in Netrw

Question

Is it possible to copy the absolute filepath of the file under the cursor in Netrw?

Answer 1

You can select the file under cursor through visual block mode, like Ctrl+V, then press $ and then a j and then a y.

Now, in command line mode, Type

:echo @%.@"

This will show the full path of the file under cursor.

You can also map it to a key, Like

:map \f ^<C-V>$jy:echo @%.@"<CR>

Now, you can press \f while the cursor is on a file and it will print it's full path in command line.

Answer 2

This does not seem to be possible out of the box. Here is a small patch, that should do what you want:

diff --git a/runtime/autoload/netrw.vim b/runtime/autoload/netrw.vim
index de85844..c18d85d 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/netrw.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/netrw.vim
@@ -6052,6 +6052,7 @@ fun! s:NetrwMaps(islocal)
nnoremap <buffer> <silent> <nowait> v       :call <SID>NetrwSplit(5)<cr>
nnoremap <buffer> <silent> <nowait> x       :<c-u>call netrw#BrowseX(<SID>NetrwBrowseChgDir(1,<SID>NetrwGetWord(),0),0)"<cr>
nnoremap <buffer> <silent> <nowait> X       :<c-u>call <SID>NetrwLocalExecute(expand("<cword>"))"<cr>
+   nnoremap <buffer> <silent> <nowait> _        :call setreg(v:register, get(b:, 'current_dir', getcwd()). '/'. <SID>NetrwGetWord())<cr>
"   " local insert-mode maps
"   inoremap <buffer> <silent> <nowait> a      <c-o>:call <SID>NetrwHide(1)<cr>
"   inoremap <buffer> <silent> <nowait> c      <c-o>:exe "NetrwKeepj lcd ".fnameescape(b:netrw_curdir)<cr>

Using this, you can copy a file path using the _ key

Update (2021):
With netrw v170 you can also do this:

:echo getcwd() .. (&shellslash ? '/' : '\') .. netrw#Call("NetrwGetWord")

You can of course map it to e.g. return the result directly into a register.

Answer 3

Another option is modifying the netrw.vim script found in /usr/share/vim/vim<your version here>/autoload/ as follows:

nnoremap <buffer> <silent> P     : call NetrwGetPath()

function! NetrwGetPath()

    let dirname = s:NetrwTreeDir(0)                                                                  
    let filename = s:NetrwGetWord()       

    " this global variable will store the path that you want copied from netrw                 
    let g:netrwtemppath = dirname."/".filename

endfunction 

where P can be substituted for any key you want to remap for this. Then all you need to do to paste into a file is:

:put =netrwtemppath