<p>If i want to pass the name of the current running vim-instance/-server to an external script. How do i get it? Apart from <code>serverlist()</code> there doesn't seem to be an internal useful function to get direct access to the servername of the running process (=from within the current vim-editor session).</p>

<p>You are looking for <code>v:servername</code>.</p>

Is there a way to get the server-name of the current running vim instance?

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If i want to pass the name of the current running vim-instance/-server to an external script. How do i get it? Apart from serverlist() there doesn't seem to be an internal useful function to get direct access to the servername of the running process (=from within the current vim-editor session).