GNU bug report logs - #32801
[macOS] (shell-command-to-string command) discrepancy in GUI vs terminal

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jayesh Bhat <jayeshbhat55 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 01:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #21 received at 32801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Jayesh Bhat <jayeshbhat55 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32801: 26.1; (shell-command-to-string command) discrepancy
 in GUI vs terminal
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:31:19 +0000

On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 02:53:25AM +0200, Jayesh Bhat wrote:
> 3a. Open emacs from Terminal
> 
> # open -n /Applications/Emacs.app --args -q
> 
> M-x ielm
> 
> *** Welcome to IELM ***  Type (describe-mode) for help.
> ELISP> (shell-command-to-string "pwd")
> " ]7;file://JayeshMacBook.local/Users/jayesh /Users/jayesh\n"

Mine doesn’t do that. Are you using some sort of iCloud sync thing?
What do you get if you just type pwd in the terminal?

It’s worth noting that the environment is different when you run an
app from the terminal versus when you run it from the GUI. All sorts
of things are different.
-- 
Alan Third
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