Re: Knowing the name of a file from the file itself

[Andreas Politz]

abc wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a recent Emacs convert. I'm structuring my .emacs.d directory
> which has become quite messy.
>
> For that purpose, I'd like to know if it's possible to know the name
> of a file and the path to it from the file itself, like in many other
> languages, e.g. Ruby.
>
> I've looked for a variable or function for this with no luck.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.

I think `load-file-name' is what you are looking for.


,----[ C-h v load-file-name RET ]
| load-file-name is a variable defined in `C source code'.
| Its value is nil
|
|
| Documentation:
| Full name of file being loaded by `load'.
|
`----


-ap