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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Adam Sneller <adam@earth2adam.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Persisting the current working directory in an org-babel session
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2023 13:19:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871qoe8k9e.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <78104F7C-B96D-4B8C-A83F-37D38B0BA9CF@earth2adam.com>

Adam Sneller <adam@earth2adam.com> writes:

> For some reason, I am unable to make changes to my working directory persist, from one emacs-lisp SRC block to the next.
>
> For example, consider the following:
>
> 	* Literate programming in a single session
> 	:PROPERTIES:
> 	:header-args: :var DIR="/Users/adam/Desktop/test"
> 	:END:
>
> 	#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :session *elisp*
> 	(cd DIR)
> 	#+END_SRC
>
> 	#+RESULTS:
> 	: /Users/adam/Desktop/test/
>
>
> 	#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :session *elisp*
> 	(cd ".")
> 	#+END_SRC
>
> 	#+RESULTS:
> 	: /Users/adam/org/

Confirmed.

This is because `org-babel-execute-src-block' let-binds
`default-directory'. So, your changes to it are only affecting lexical
scope.

Fixes welcome!

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
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  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-01 13:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-01 12:34 Persisting the current working directory in an org-babel session Adam Sneller
2023-01-01 13:19 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-04-09 13:23   ` Ihor Radchenko

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