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treblih

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Registered: 2010-05-20

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Why every virtual terminal always starts at root-dir, not ~

when i log in on a normal terminal ( ctrl-alt-f1 ~ ctrl-alt-f6), i'm in my home directory

but when i'm on a virtual terminal like gnome-terminal, i'm always in root directory, no matter it's a loggin shell or not

even including Gvim

thx

Last edited by treblih (2010-06-05 13:03:18)

kazuo

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Registered: 2008-03-18

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Re: Why every virtual terminal always starts at root-dir, not ~

You probably need to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You need to describe in details what is you problem, how you start a terminal? You question dont make sense (where in the world is gvim a virtual terminal???)

Last edited by kazuo (2010-06-05 12:53:11)

treblih

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Registered: 2010-05-20

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Re: Why every virtual terminal always starts at root-dir, not ~

(where in the world is gvim a virtual terminal???)

sorry for my ambiguous statement

gvim has a inner shell, and the directory of gvim is base on it