Re: [Ranger-users] ranger: bash code example in man page doesn't work

[Roman Z.]

works for me.

Try
- open a new shell, so the function is actually available
- then start ranger with "ranger-cd"

On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 12:34:17PM -0500, ping wrote:
> 
> I want to have range to continue exactly where I left off when
> re-run, but these code from the man page seems doesn't work.
> 
>    Bash: cd to last path after exit
>        This is a bash function (for ~/.bashrc) to change the
> directory to the last visited one after ranger quits.  You can
> always type "cd -" to go back
>        to the original one.
> 
> I put these into my .bashrc
> 
>         function ranger-cd {
>           tempfile='/tmp/chosendir'
>           /usr/bin/ranger --choosedir="$tempfile" "${@:-$(pwd)}"
>           test -f "$tempfile" &&
>           if [ "$(cat -- "$tempfile")" != "$(echo -n `pwd`)" ]; then
>             cd -- "$(cat "$tempfile")"
>           fi
>           rm -f -- "$tempfile"
>         }
> 
>         # This binds Ctrl-O to ranger-cd:
>         bind '"\C-o":"ranger-cd\C-m"'
> 
> 
> am I missing anythinghere?
> 
>