Grim isn't respecting $GRIM_DEFAULT_DIR

[poperigby]

I'm trying to get Grim to put it's screenshots into the correct directory, but it's not respecting the $GRIM_DEFAULT_DIR environment variable. I'm using fish shell, and tried setting $GRIM_DEFAULT_DIR as a universal variable (makes it persists across sessions) and tried making it globally scoped.

OS: Arch Linux
Grim Version: 1.3.2
Fish Version: 3.2.1

[poperigby]

I just tested this with Bash as well, and that also didn't work. I run...

$ GRIM_DEFAULT_DIR="/home/user/test"
$ mkdir test
$ grim

and it outputs to my current working directory.

[poperigby]

I also built Grim from master and that doesn't work either.

[emersion]

Can't reproduce. Using export GRIM_DEFAULT_DIR=/tmp works in both bash and fish for me.

[poperigby]

What could the problem be then? GRIM_DEFAULT_DIR has the highest priority for where screenshots go, right?

[emersion]

In your bash session, you set a local shell variable, not an env variable.

[poperigby]

I see what the problem was. I set it to a global variable instead of a universal variable in fish. Maybe that could be specified in the docs to avoid confusion for future users?