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Article #526Re: zsh help --- 2 "quirks"
From: John McCracken
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:21
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:21
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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! -- John McCracken White Computers john@nextdoor.com Can't Jump NeXTMail welcome
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!darwin.sura.net!mips!mips!decwrl!csus.edu!netcomsv!nextdoor!john 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