Re: :chdir .

[Michael Schroeder]

On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 04:58:14PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Why doesn't "^A:chdir ." work as I would expect - set the current
> directory to wherever my bash prompt is currently at?

No, your bash is a different process and the screen process can't
access it. (Also, the cwd of which window should screen use?)

> * is there any chance that screen can use the directory that I supply,
> rather than expanding symlinks (which looks kind of ugly)?

I don't understand this. Where does screen expand symlinks?

Cheers,
  Michael.

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