Issue
The directory where you start a tmux session in will be the directory that all new windows will start at.
My question is, how can you change this starting directory without closing your session?
Solution
The way to do this is to detach from the session (^b d
with the default keybindings) and then specify a different directory when you reattach to it. When attaching to a session, use the -c
flag to specify the working directory. Here's an example:
$ tmux list-sessions
tmuxwtfbbq: 3 windows (created Tue Apr 5 14:25:48 2016) [190x49]
$ tmux attach-session -t tmuxwtfbbq -c /home/chuck/new_default_directory
This setting will be persisted - after you've reset the working directory, you won't need to keep specifying it every time you reattach to the session.
For the record, I'm on tmux version 2.0 (though I don't think it matters - I couldn't find anything about adding a -c
option to the attach-session
command in the change logs so I assume it's been there for quite a while).
Answered By - chucksmash Answer Checked By - Marilyn (WPSolving Volunteer)