File path to clipboard in Emacs - emacs

Question

What is the most simple way to send current full file name with file path to clipboard?
What I am using now is messages buffer: I copy file name that appears there after saving a file. But, I suppose, there should be much more simple way.

Answer 1

Why no one tell the simple solution.
Just go to your dired buffer then press 0 w or C-u 0 w.
This will call dired-copy-filename-as-kill which gives you full path of a file. If you want current dir, just delete the file at the end of it or you can use the function below, then bind it to any key you like.
(defun my/dired-copy-dirname-as-kill ()
"Copy the current directory into the kill ring."
(interactive)
(kill-new default-directory))
PS: personally I go to current directory from file buffer using dired-jump

Answer 2

I use this:
(defun my-put-file-name-on-clipboard ()
"Put the current file name on the clipboard"
(interactive)
(let ((filename (if (equal major-mode 'dired-mode)
default-directory
(buffer-file-name))))
(when filename
(with-temp-buffer
(insert filename)
(clipboard-kill-region (point-min) (point-max)))
(message filename))))

Answer 3

In Emacs Prelude I use:
(defun prelude-copy-file-name-to-clipboard ()
"Copy the current buffer file name to the clipboard."
(interactive)
(let ((filename (if (equal major-mode 'dired-mode)
default-directory
(buffer-file-name))))
(when filename
(kill-new filename)
(message "Copied buffer file name '%s' to the clipboard." filename))))

Answer 4

If you want to write the name/path of the current buffer you can type C-u M-: and then either (buffer-file-name) - for the full path - or (buffer-name) for the buffer name.
That is:
M-: + ellisp expression evaluates an ellisp expression in the mini-buffer
C-u write the output to the current buffer
Does not exactly answer to the question but could be useful if someone use this or other function sporadically, and prefers to not initialize the function at every startup.

Answer 5

In the Spacemacs distribution, you can press Spacefyy to display the buffer name in the minibuffer and copy it to the kill ring.
The function spacemacs/show-and-copy-buffer-filename seems to originate from this blog post: Emacs: Show Buffer File Name.
(defun camdez/show-buffer-file-name ()
"Show the full path to the current file in the minibuffer."
(interactive)
(let ((file-name (buffer-file-name)))
(if file-name
(progn
(message file-name)
(kill-new file-name))
(error "Buffer not visiting a file"))))

Answer 6

There's a buffer-extension - and it has copy-buffer-file-name-as-kill function. It even asks You what to copy: name, full name or a directory name.
Edit:
I use modified version of copy-buffer-file-name-as-kill from buffer-extension.el:
(defun copy-buffer-file-name-as-kill (choice)
"Copyies the buffer {name/mode}, file {name/full path/directory} to the kill-ring."
(interactive "cCopy (b) buffer name, (m) buffer major mode, (f) full buffer-file path, (d) buffer-file directory, (n) buffer-file basename")
(let ((new-kill-string)
(name (if (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)
(dired-get-filename)
(or (buffer-file-name) ""))))
(cond ((eq choice ?f)
(setq new-kill-string name))
((eq choice ?d)
(setq new-kill-string (file-name-directory name)))
((eq choice ?n)
(setq new-kill-string (file-name-nondirectory name)))
((eq choice ?b)
(setq new-kill-string (buffer-name)))
((eq choice ?m)
(setq new-kill-string (format "%s" major-mode)))
(t (message "Quit")))
(when new-kill-string
(message "%s copied" new-kill-string)
(kill-new new-kill-string))))

Answer 7

If you use Doom Emacs, it can be done with SPC f y.

Answer 8

To paste the current file path in the buffer, the most simple way I see is to do: C-u M-! pwd (this might not work on Windows systems though).
Alternatively, you can use C-x C-b to show the file paths of all opened buffers.

Answer 9

This is what has worked for me on MacOS 10.15.7, GNU Emacs 27.1
(defun copy-current-buffer-file-name ()
(interactive)
(shell-command (concat "echo " (buffer-file-name) " | pbcopy")))
set keybinding to "C-x M-f":
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x M-f") 'copy-current-buffer-file-name)
FYI: For a real beginner reading this, you need to add those lines to your init.el file.

Answer 10

Lots of good answers here, though I think for the "most simple way", as described in the question, there's room for improvement. Here's what I came up with (with thanks to other answers for the bits and pieces):
M-: (kill-new (buffer-file-name)) RET
This does precisely what you asked for -- takes the filename of the current buffer, and puts it in the "kill ring" and, depending on your settings, also the system clipboard. (See emacswiki/CopyAndPaste for more details on that part.)
If you want to do this regularly, then setting up a function like listed in the other answers, and binding it to an available key sequence, would make it easier to do frequently. But the above works with no prior setup, which I'm interpreting to be more "simple".