On Tue Aug19'25 07:55:22PM, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > From: Rory Campbell-Lange <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:55:22 +0100 > To: Ranjan Maitra <[email protected]> > Cc: Mutt Users' Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: error with retrieving directories > > On 19/08/25, Ranjan Maitra via Mutt-users ([email protected]) wrote: > > On Tue Aug19'25 03:45:06PM, Mutt Users' Mailing List wrote: > > > From: Nacho via Mutt-users <[email protected]> > > > > 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. > > > > Thank you! I get: > > > > pwd: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent > > directories: No such file or directory > > Perhaps the directory in which you started mutt no longer exists. >
Thanks, that was it! I run xbuffy as a mail monitor and that leads into xterm -e mutt. The directory it was started from had been deleted. Phew, that resolves it for me! Thanks very much again! Best wishes, Ranjan
