Re: shell mode, changing directory

[Kevin Rodgers]

Phillip Lord wrote:

> > > > > > "Kevin" == Kevin Rodgers <kevin.rodgers@ihs.com> writes:
>
>   Kevin> Phillip Lord wrote:
>
>   >> Can anyone tell me how to force a *shell* buffer to change it's
>   >> current working directory? Effectively I want to fake typing "cd
>   >> blah", but I can't see a good way to do this.
>
>   Kevin> M-x cd RET blah RET
>
>
> This appears to change the default directory of the buffer, not the
> current working directory of the shell, which is not really what I
> want. 

Sorry, that's just what you asked for.


> Both need to happen.

Then do what comint-send-input (which is what RET is bound to in the *shell*
buffer) does:

(funcall comint-input-sender
         (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))
         (format "cd %s" DIRECTORY))

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