[Pythonmac-SIG] possible OT: os.chdir on OSX

[Scott Frankel]

OK, then.  Thanks.
Scott


On Mar 30, 2004, at 11:32 PM, Jens Miltner wrote:

>
> Am 31.03.2004 um 08:34 schrieb Scott Frankel:
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>>
>> On OSX 10.3
>>
>> How would one change working directories using a python
>> script and have the parent process (the shell from which the
>> script was launched) switch to that directory?
>>
>> i.e.:
>> os.chdir("some_other_dir")
>> print os.getcwd()
>>
>> this prints "some_other_dir", so I know the script's process
>> made it there.  But when the script exits, my shell is back to
>> where I launched the script from.  (In fact, it never left.)
>
> There's no way to ever change the working directory in the calling 
> shell, since that's another process and - fortunately - one process 
> can't change another process' runtime environment!
>
> </jum>
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