Subject: Re: bug#48579: 28.0.50; Spawning an emacs process using call-process results in inconsistent, behavior between GNU/Linux and macOS

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 16:10:59 +0300

> Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 14:01:06 +0100
> From: Alan Third <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
> 
> > the problem here is if Emacs is started from a script. Would it be
> > possible to adjust the directory changing behavior, for example if
> > Emacs is started with the arguments `--daemon`, `--batch` or
> > `--script`? Is there another way to detect if the finder launched
> > Emacs, such that only in that case the directory changing to the
> > home directory takes place?
> 
> You can run with "-t", "-nw", "--chdir", "--batch" or "--script" to
> disable this behaviour.

That again doesn't necessarily mean you'd be able to tell the cwd of
the Emacs process at any time during the session.