shell init issue when click tab, what's wrong with getcwd?

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hugemeow picture hugemeow · Sep 9, 2012 · Viewed 126.7k times · Source

once i click Tab on bash, the error message will appear, what's wrong?

symlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
symlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Success
symlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Success
symlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Success
symlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
symlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Success
symlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Success
symlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Success

sometimes, the error message is:

shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No s uch file or directory

how to solve shell init problem?

Answer

Costi Ciudatu picture Costi Ciudatu · Sep 9, 2012

This usually occurs when your current directory does not exist anymore. Most likely, from another terminal you remove that directory (from within a script or whatever). To get rid of this, in case your current directory was recreated in the meantime, just cd to another (existing) directory and then cd back; the simplest would be: cd; cd -.

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