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Bug 247551

Summary:	On Mac OS X, terminal working directory defaults to /
Product:	contrib	Reporter:	inonit <inonit>
Component:	Terminal	Assignee:	Andrei Badea <abadea>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.1
Hardware:	Macintosh (x86)
OS:	Mac OS X
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	Sets working directory to ${user.home} if unspecified

Description inonit 2014-09-29 11:05:44 UTC

Currently, when starting a terminal on Mac OS X, the current working directory of the terminal is /.

There are two issues proposing locations which the terminal should use as the working directory. Bug 240930 proposes using the project's root directory; bug 198283 proposes the same thing, roughly. Bug 198283 mentions that the user's home directory is used on Linux, which I have not tested.

I do not know the root cause of / being used on Mac OS X; I merely observed the behavior and patched the source to correct it. See attached patch.

Comment 1 inonit 2014-09-29 11:06:54 UTC

Created attachment 149588 [details]
Sets working directory to ${user.home} if unspecified