The function to show current file's full path in mini buffer

Question

I need to get the full path of the file that I\'m editing with emacs.

• Is there a function for that?
• If not, what would be the elisp function for getti

Answer 1

It's the built-in function buffer-file-name that gives you the full path of your file.

The best thing to do is to have your emacs window to always show your system-name and the full path of the buffer you're currently editing :

(setq frame-title-format
      (list (format "%s %%S: %%j " (system-name))
        '(buffer-file-name "%f" (dired-directory dired-directory "%b"))))

You can also do something like this :

(defun show-file-name ()
  "Show the full path file name in the minibuffer."
  (interactive)
  (message (buffer-file-name)))

(global-set-key [C-f1] 'show-file-name) ; Or any other key you want