[screen-devel] [bug #51099] screenrc commands fail to execute

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #51099 (project screen): It doesn't work because cd is a shell built-in command (try which cd). Screen has a chdir command which you can use to achieve your goal: Put the following inside your .screenrc: chdir /home/cataldo/Programs Now start screen and you should be in

[screen-devel] [bug #51099] screenrc commands fail to execute

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #51099 (project screen): Thanks, I didn't know about stuff. Contrary to chdir it works out of the box in order to start a number of screen windows in different directories from my screen configuration file. http://geek-nose.com __

[screen-devel] [bug #51099] screenrc commands fail to execute

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #51099 (project screen): This appears to happen because screen does not create a window until AFTER the rc file has been processed. This is an issue because the user has no way of knowing that all the commands have been ignored. Screen needs to warn users that commands a

[screen-devel] [bug #51099] screenrc commands fail to execute

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #51099 (project screen): I checked the debug output and screen interprets the command from the rc file but does nothing with it. When the user types in a command, manually, then it actually runs the command. DEBUG OUTPUT: -- Reading from RC file -- FindUserPtr guest fo

[screen-devel] [bug #51099] screenrc commands fail to execute

URL: Summary: screenrc commands fail to execute Project: GNU Screen Submitted by: None Submitted on: Tue 23 May 2017 06:28:15 PM UTC Category: Program Logic Severity: 3