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-rw-r--r--Src/utils.c22
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e1f014314..020716bc6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2009-03-24 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
+ * 26774: Src/utils.c: cd to $HOME on failure in preference to /.
+
* 26772: Src/glob.c, Src/utils.c, Src/zsh.h, Src/Modules/files.c:
more failed cd handling: fix possible runaway series of chdirs;
better error handling.
@@ -11480,5 +11482,5 @@
*****************************************************
* This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
-* $Revision: 1.4634 $
+* $Revision: 1.4635 $
*****************************************************
diff --git a/Src/utils.c b/Src/utils.c
index 9bf7878e0..cf375821d 100644
--- a/Src/utils.c
+++ b/Src/utils.c
@@ -5493,16 +5493,30 @@ lchdir(char const *path, struct dirsav *d, int hard)
}
if (restoredir(d)) {
int restoreerr = errno;
+ int i;
/*
* Failed to restore the directory.
* Just be definite, cd to root and report the result.
*/
- zsfree(pwd);
- pwd = ztrdup("/");
- if (chdir(pwd) < 0)
+ for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+ const char *cdest;
+ if (i)
+ cdest = "/";
+ else {
+ if (!home)
+ continue;
+ cdest = home;
+ }
+ zsfree(pwd);
+ pwd = ztrdup(cdest);
+ if (chdir(pwd) == 0)
+ break;
+ }
+ if (i == 2)
zerr("lost current directory, failed to cd to /: %e", errno);
else
- zerr("lost current directory: %e: changed to /", restoreerr);
+ zerr("lost current directory: %e: changed to `%s'", restoreerr,
+ pwd);
if (d == &ds)
zsfree(ds.dirname);
#ifdef HAVE_FCHDIR