Please consider the attached patch.
Regards,
Vito Caputo
>From 475efd760e495dd810a6c4fe3ca4082b8466a781 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vito Caputo <vcap...@gnugeneration.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:51:57 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Process: implement RC_ADOPTWD for adopting the current
working directory
This is an RC_CHDIR convenience helper which discovers the working directory
of the foreground window.
---
src/comm.c | 1 +
src/process.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/comm.c b/src/comm.c
index 0744ff0..4ea10f8 100644
--- a/src/comm.c
+++ b/src/comm.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct comm comms[RC_LAST + 1] =
{ "aclumask", ARGS_1|ARGS_ORMORE, {NULL} },
{ "activity", ARGS_1, {NULL} },
{ "addacl", ARGS_1234, {NULL} },
+ { "adoptwd", NEED_FORE|ARGS_0, {NULL} },
{ "allpartial", NEED_DISPLAY|ARGS_1, {NULL} },
{ "altscreen", ARGS_01, {NULL} },
{ "at", ARGS_2|ARGS_ORMORE, {NULL} },
diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index d450785..16c2c96 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ void InitKeytab()
ktab['Z'].nr = RC_RESET;
ktab['H'].nr = RC_LOG;
ktab['M'].nr = RC_MONITOR;
+ ktab['@'].nr = RC_ADOPTWD;
ktab['?'].nr = RC_HELP;
ktab['*'].nr = RC_DISPLAYS;
{
@@ -2095,6 +2096,24 @@ void DoAction(struct action *act, int key)
if (chdir(s) == -1)
OutputMsg(errno, "%s", s);
break;
+ case RC_ADOPTWD:
+ {
+ char proc[MAXPATHLEN];
+ char buf[MAXPATHLEN];
+
+ /* this sets the working directory of the screen process to that of the process @ the end of the pty */
+ if (!display || !fore)
+ break;
+ snprintf(proc, sizeof(proc), "/proc/%i/cwd", fore->w_pid);
+ bzero(buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (readlink(proc, buf, sizeof(buf)) == -1)
+ Msg(0, "Unable to readlink \"%s\".", proc);
+ else if (chdir(buf) == -1)
+ Msg(0, "Unable to chdir to \"%s\".", buf);
+ else
+ Msg(0, "WD for future windows is now \"%s\".", buf);
+ }
+ break;
case RC_SHELL:
case RC_DEFSHELL:
if (ParseSaveStr(act, &ShellProg) == 0)
--
2.1.4
