Mkdir on edit if needed
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Tip 1529 Previous Next Created: November 8, 2007 Complexity: intermediate Author: Anon Version: 7.0
When opening a new file with :edit or :split, you may want to create the directory the file will reside in. This can be done in autocommand BufNewFile (add to vimrc in any Unix-like system with mkdir that accepts -p switch).
au BufNewFile * :exe ': !mkdir -p ' . escape(fnamemodify(bufname('%'),':p:h'),'#% \\')
[edit] Comments
TO DO
This tip is rather dodgy for those of us who sometimes make mistakes. I don't think it should automatically create possibly several directories as a result of a simple typo in the :edit /path/file command.
The tip should instead provide a specific command to create a path and edit a file (you would know that using the command may create unwanted directories if you made a typo).
I believe that the md/mkdir in any Windows with cmd.exe (possibly not NT4) will make intermediate directories without needing -p or any other option.
