Re: [Fab-user] lcd seems broken

[Brandon Whaley]

lcd is intended to modify the local() call (and maybe get, put, et al?  I haven't tested).  It does not actually change the cwd afaik.

>>> from fabric.api import local, lcd

>>> print fabric.api.local('pwd', capture=True)

[localhost] local: pwd

/home/redkrieg/projects/fabric

>>> with lcd('/usr/bin'):

...     print fabric.api.local('pwd', capture=True)

... 

[localhost] local: pwd

/usr/bin

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 5:18 PM Paul Hoffman <address@hidden> wrote:

...but maybe it is just me.

print(os.getcwd())

with lcd("/usr/bin"):

  print(os.getcwd())

...prints the same location name twice, and it is clear that the cd didn't happen.

print(os.getcwd())

with lcd("/does/not/exist"):
  print(os.getcwd())

...prints the same location name twice. lcd doesn't throw an error, which I would have thought it would.

Is this what is expected?

--Paul Hoffman

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