How can I get a vim plugin's directory from within that plugin?

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Solution

To get the plugin directory's full path you can use the following to get the directory when the plugin is sourced and store it in a variable.

let s:plugindir = expand('<sfile>:p:h:h')

The latter you would just use the variable to get the plugin directory.

`expand()` expands the the wildcards into a string. `<sfile>` is the file being sourced. `:p` makes the name a full path when it is expanded. `:h` removes the file name. `:h` remove the filename again (in this case should be the plugin directory)

Take a look at `:h filename-modifiers` and `:h expand()`

Problem

I need to copy a file from my plugin's directory but I don't know how to get a string containing the plugin's directory? I know where I have the plugin installed on my machine but I want the plugin to work on other people's machines including Windows. How do i do this?

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