Once mutt starts hit "!" and run "pwd" to see in which directory is mutt running. Most likely the problem is due to lack of permissions for ".." directory and/or some confussion regarding symlinks, something related to the filesystem.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 09:49:46AM -0500, Ranjan Maitra via Mutt-users wrote: > Hi, > > I use mutt with xterm. > > I have been having a strange error of late (for the past week or so). > > Basically, mutt opens up with the following: > > shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent > directories: No such file or directory > > I do not what I (accidentally) did to get this, but how do I fix this? I only > get this from mutt. (And I have not updated my .muttrc in a while.) > > Any suggestions? > > Many thanks and best wishes, > Ranjan > >
