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Norbert Preining (preining) wrote : Re: [Bug 977232] Re: opening new tab does not keep working directory

Hi David,

On Mi, 11 Apr 2012, David Gómez wrote:
> I'll take back my words. It's not confirmed. I've been testing with bash
> and zsh in 3.0.3. The working directory is kept when a new tab is
> opened. There is only one case where it doesn't work, and it's when a
> subshell is executed, the current working directory is changed and a
> new tab is opened. And that is a expected behaviour.

What do you mean with "a subshell is executed"?
Or in other words, how to fix bash so that a new tab keeps the CWD?

Best wishes

Norbert
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