Re: Refer to the directory of the currently being loaded elisp script from within the Emacs lisp file itself.

[Óscar Fuentes]

Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:

> It really does the trick. Thank you for pointing this out. BTW, It should be:
>
>  (setq my-directory (file-name-directory load-file-name))
>
> What about the following according to the tutorial at
> <http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/elisp_relative_path.html>?:
>
> (setq my-directory (file-name-directory (or load-file-name buffer-file-name)))

In general, that's incorrect. See the docsstring of buffer-file-name,
where it is explained that the value of that variable depends on the
current buffer, it is not related at all to the file that contains the
Lisp code being executed.