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Re: shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot acces
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied |
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Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:16:52 -0400 |
> *"You might be able to avoid the need for the getcwd call at startup by
> exporting PWD*"
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> Sorry,would you give us more details about how to avoid the "error" message
export PWD
Bash performs a check at startup in which it compares $PWD to `.' and skips
the call to getcwd if the two refer to the same device and inode. File
permissions may still keep you from being able to stat $PWD, but it's worth
a shot.
Chet
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/