[IPython-user] cd doesn't work on Windows

[Jörgen Stenarson]

Elias

I have never had a similar problem and I use ipython on windows xp just 
as you do.

Have you done any changes to the configuration files for ipython?

at the ipython prompt can you try
 >>> import glob
 >>> glob.glob("*")

The result of this should contain the contents of the directory you are 
in and not c:\. If this is the case then the alias for ls is somehow 
broken on your machine or cd is not working properly.

If you do %alias at the ipython prompt what do you see? I get:

[('cls', 'cls'),
  ('copy', 'copy'),
  ('echo', 'echo'),
  ('mkdir', 'mkdir'),
  ('ren', 'ren'),
  ('rmdir', 'rmdir'),
  ('ddir', 'dir /ad /on'),
  ('ldir', 'dir /ad /on'),
  ('ls', 'dir /on')]

you could also try !dir, placing ! at the start of the line executes the 
rest of the line as a shell command, which should give you the contents 
of your current directory and not c:\.



/Jörgen


Elias Bröms skrev:
> Don't anyone have any idea about why this occurs? I haven't found any
> other with the same problem. Please help me with this, otherwise I'm
> unable to use IPython.
> /Elias
> 
> 2008/11/14 Elias Bröms <elias@eliasit.se>:
>> I have installed installed ipython in Windows XP Professional (Swedish).
>> When I do
>> cd <something>
>> it looks like the command worked when I do
>> pwd
>> but when I do
>> ls
>> the list output is ALWAYS from c:\, not the current directory.
>> Why?
>>
>> python version: 2.5.2
>> installed in c:\Program\Panda3D-1.5.3\python
>>
>> /Elias
>>
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