Re: error with retrieving directories

Once mutt starts hit "!" and run "pwd" to see in which directory is mutt running.
 
Most likely the problem is due to lack of permissions for ".." directory and/or
some confussion regarding symlinks, something related to the filesystem.
 

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 09:49:46AM -0500, Ranjan Maitra via Mutt-users wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I use mutt with xterm.
> 
> I have been having a strange error of late (for the past week or so).
> 
> Basically, mutt opens up with the following:
> 
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
> 
> I do not what I (accidentally) did to get this, but how do I fix this? I only get this from mutt. (And I have not updated my .muttrc in a while.) 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan
> 
>