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Bug 588715 - tabs open in random directories
tabs open in random directories
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 579291
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.26.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-07-15 21:32 UTC by Stuart Jansen
Modified: 2009-07-24 22:18 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26



Description Stuart Jansen 2009-07-15 21:32:34 UTC
Please describe the problem:
In an attempt to make gnome-terminal more useful, current working directory detection has gone to far. Certain commands will put the user in an essentially random directory.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch a long running find command in one tab. For example: find / -name foo
2. Open a new tab.
3. Observe that the new tab opened in whatever random directory find was searching when the tab was created.


Actual results:
Random $PWD.

Expected results:
Same $PWD as the original tab.

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2009-07-24 22:18:25 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 579291 ***