Create custom Vim command to run function in bash profile

Question

Is it possible for me to create a Vim command that will execute a function in my bash profile?

In my bash profile, I have a function that uploads a file via webdav to a remote location. The function uses duck.sh to accomplish this.

I would like to be able to edit a file in Vim, write updates to the file by typing :w + enter, and then run a custom command to execute my duck.sh function without closing the file.

Is this possible? Here's the function I would like to execute:

upload() {
        if [ -z "$1" ]; then
                echo "No file or directory submitted"
        else
                DIR=`pwd`
                if [ "$DIR" = "$WEBDAV_LOCAL_DIR" ]; then
                        duck -u $WEBDAV_USERNAME -p $WEBDAV_PASSWORD --upload $WEBDAV_URL/$1 $1 --existing overwrite
                else
                        echo "You must be in the following directory to use this function: $WEBDAV_LOCAL_DIR"
                fi
        fi
}

In order to work properly, the function will need to be passed the path to the file currently being edited.

possible duplicate of Executing Bash functions from within Vim - how can I do it? — hek2mgl
– hek2mgl, Commented Feb 19, 2015 at 9:16

EvergreenTree · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-19 13:00:00Z

1

You can use autocommands for this.

autocmd BufWrite .bash_profile silent! !bash -c upload

This will run every time a file called .bash_profile is written. You can remove the !silent if you don't want to silence the output. You can read about some of these commands in these help topics:

:help :autocmd
:help autocmd-events-abc
:help :silent
:help :!

answered Feb 19, 2015 at 13:00

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