New terminal tabs do not retain current directory (linux/ubuntu)

[fearphage]

Steps to repro

1. Open Terminal
2. Change directory (cd ~/Downloads)
3. Open a new tab (ctrl-T)

Expected Results

New tab is opened from current directory (~/Downloads).

Actual Results

New tab opens in home directory (~).

This affects all directories (git and otherwise). I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 although I saw similar behavior in 13.10.

Related to #1489, #1527, #2646. I've checked these issues, but all they all seem to be OS X specific.

[mcornella]

There's a bug in gnome-terminal [1][2], but a fix is already available.

From StackExchange:

add this to .zshrc:

. /etc/profile.d/vte.sh

We could probably add this somewhere, as a plugin or in a lib file. Please confirm that it works for you (it does for me on debian).

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1132700
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1193993

[mcornella]

@fearphage any news?

[mcornella]

Hey @fearphage, here's what I put in my zshrc to fix:

# Open new tab in current directory
[[ -f /etc/profile.d/vte.sh ]] && . /etc/profile.d/vte.sh

It looks though as this will be fixed in Ubuntu 15.04, it couldn't make it into 14.10 unfortunately.

What's sure is that this is not oh-my-zsh's fault. Please close this issue

[fearphage]

Thanks for the time and effort. I apologize for the delayed response. Yes, that fixed it.

[abhisheksoni27]

I am using Ubuntu 17.04 and this problem is still there.

[XeniaSiskaki]

Issue is still there in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[fearphage]

The solution is above.

[XeniaSiskaki]

None of these worked for me

[fearphage]

I've been using that solution for 4 years now and I'm also on Ubuntu 18.04 currently. Have you tried moving that line earlier or later in your .zshrc? Also keep in mind that you have to make the change, source the updated file, and then open a new tab for it to take effect.

[mcornella]

Are there any vte files in /etc/profile.d?

[XeniaSiskaki]

@mcornella

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9K Apr 10 19:58 vte-2.91.sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   26 Aug 31 16:19 vte.sh -> /etc/profile.d/vte-2.91.sh

@fearphage The only thing I didn't try was moving the line. I put it in the end
EDIT Tried that also, no change

[mcornella]

You seem to have the file, I assume you're using gnome-terminal? If so, maybe there's a bug in there? What are the contents of /etc/profile.d/vte.sh?

[XeniaSiskaki]

I'm sorry for the noise. It is working indeed. I had a cd at the end of my .zshrc which was overriding the current directory I guess

[mcornella]

No worries