shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory OR pwd: cannot get current directory: No such file or directory

Suddenly on my shell, in my vnc window, I got "shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory" for any shell command I executed.


dragon:685> ls
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
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Since it said "No such file or directory" , I tried executing "pwd" to get my current directory.  I got an error for "pwd" too..

dragon:736> pwd
pwd: cannot get current directory: No such file or directory


Puzzled..I did a "cd" .

dragon:737> cd

And then  executed "pwd". And Viola!! It worked!

dragon:738> pwd
/users/rover
dragon:739>

I later found out that I had deleted my "current working directory" in another shell window. When I did "cd" I got to my home directory and hence all my linux/unix commands worked..

Hope this helps!

Outlook Mac converting underscore to italic!!

Outlook in Mac converting text between underscores to italic  !!

This is very irritating when typing text with underscores in outlook on Mac. It converts _my_name_  to myname . After a bit of fiddling around I found a way to resolve it:

Follow the steps below:

1. Go to Outlook -> Preferences

2. Click on AutoCorrect under Personal Settings 

3. Click on the AutoFormat tab

By default "Bold" and _italic_ with real formatting is selected. 

4. Unselect the "Bold" and _italic_ with real formatting check box

Go through the other auto formatting options and uncheck/check whatever is necessary.

Enjoy!