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- From: john@nextdoor.com (John McCracken)
- Subject: Re: zsh help --- 2 "quirks"
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.072140.2473@nextdoor.com>
- Sender: john@nextdoor.com
- Reply-To: john@nextdoor.com
- Organization: Nextdoor Software, San Jose, CA, USA
- References: <5218@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:21:40 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- In article <5218@transfer.stratus.com> dan@quiensabe.az.stratus.com (Dan Danz)
- writes:
- > John McCracken writes
- > >If I su root (or any user, for that matter), and then change directories
- > >and try to edit a file using emacs, emacs DOESN'T FIND THE FILE! If I do
- > >a pwd, it tells me that my default directory is where I think I am, but
- > >emacs tries to open the file in the directory I was in when I "su'd"!
- > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- > I don't know that I "solved it" .. but I know what makes it work right:
- > run the login when you su. That is, "su -", and the problem goes away.
- > Basically, pwd and emacs are using different things, and one of the
- > quirky things about su without the dash is that some things in the
- > environment are preserved and others aren't.
- >
-
- It works, and that's good enough for me. Thanks!
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