Re: [SOLVED] error with retrieving directories

On Tue Aug19'25 07:55:22PM, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> From: Rory Campbell-Lange <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:55:22 +0100
> To: Ranjan Maitra <[email protected]>
> Cc: Mutt Users' Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: error with retrieving directories
> 
> On 19/08/25, Ranjan Maitra via Mutt-users ([email protected]) wrote:
> > On Tue Aug19'25 03:45:06PM, Mutt Users' Mailing List wrote:
> > > From: Nacho via Mutt-users <[email protected]>
> 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > Thank you! I get:
> > 
> > pwd: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
> 
> Perhaps the directory in which you started mutt no longer exists.
>

Thanks, that was it! I run xbuffy as a mail monitor and that leads into xterm -e mutt. The directory it was started from had been deleted.

Phew, that resolves it for me!

Thanks very much again!

Best wishes,
Ranjan