On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Charles Campbell <charles.e.campb...@nasa.gov> wrote: > Bart Baker wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm using gVim 7.3 with netrw v142 on Windows XP SP3. I am not able to >> copy or move files within netrw. >> >> After marking a target (mt) and file (mf) and attempting to move (mm), >> I receive the following message: >> >> **error** (netrw) command<move> is not executable! >> >> Using the same procedure but instead attempting to copy (mc), the >> procedure fails, but I do not receive a message. >> >> Dropping into the source code, it looks like netrw is attempting to >> use the MS-DOS commands "move" and "copy" to move the files. The whole >> reason that I switched from NERDTree back to netrw was because I >> thought copy functionality worked. >> >> When I echo the vimscript command 'executable("move")' or >> 'executable("copy")' within gVim or Vim, both of these return '0'. >> >> Vim does not recognize these as valid command line commands, even >> though they can be used in the windows command prompt. I also made a >> related discovery that these old MS-DOS commands do not show up in my >> path. >> > > Hello! > > v145a of netrw (available from my website as > http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#NETRW) has the following > variables: > > g:netrw_localmovecmd > g:netrw_localcopycmd > g:netrw_localrmdir > g:netrw_localmkdir > > (v144 and earlier style names were in the format g:netwr_local_movecmd, > etc) > > You might want to consider setting these with whatever works for you. > > Regards, > Chip Campbell > > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
Hi, I'm facing exactly the same problem that Bart mentioned with netrw v146a as well. I'm using gVim 7.3 on Windows XP SP3. I'm not sure what other MS-DOS commands to use besides "MOVE" and "COPY" to set the variables "g:netrw_localmovecmd" and "g:netrw_localcopycmd". Any ideas? Antonis Loumiotis -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php