Define ROOTDIR , /

klong915 · 08-02-2016, 03:47 PM

Hi,
I would like to open a terminal like xterm or mintty and establish the root directory for that session of ksh or bash. Such that "/" or root can be defined to be of your choosing, .ie "/" = C: or C:/somedir. How do I do this. cygwin does this but I don't see how it's done.
Thanks,
Keith

chrism01 · 08-03-2016, 02:37 AM

If(!) this is actually on Linux, then it doesn't work that way.
*nix does not use C:, D: etc.. All dirs are in one dir tree which subsumes all disks...
Perhaps you could explain a bit more exactly what you you want to do and why - there is probably a better more Unixy way.
There is such a thing as chroot, but its a bit non-trivial and possibly not what you need.

RockDoctor · 08-03-2016, 10:56 AM

For mate-terminal, the command you want may be:

Code:

mate-terminal --working-directory=<dirname>

Not sure about other terminal programs, but should be similar. For specifics:

Code:

 man <your-terminal-program>

rtmistler · 08-03-2016, 12:20 PM

A symbolic link sounds like the solution here.