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I am trying to change the default directory using emacsclient, but it isn't working as I had hoped.

$ cd
$ emacsclient -e '(emacs-version)'
"GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30, cairo version 1.15.10)\n of 2020-02-19"
$ emacsclient -e '(setq default-directory "/home/joe/system-test/auth/")'
"/home/joe/system-test/auth/"

M-x describe-variable RET default-directory RET

default-directory is a variable defined in ‘C source code’. Its value is "/home/joe/" Local in buffer shell; global value is nil

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  • @Tobias, yep, this works for me. – Joe Corneli Feb 25 '20 at 18:51
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    Okay then we got the culprit and I convert my comment to an answer. (Questions answered in comments are a nuisance here on SE.) – Tobias Feb 25 '20 at 19:18
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You did not say for which buffer you want to set the default directory.
If you want to do it for the (existing) shell buffer with name *shell* try the following shell command:

emacsclient -e '(with-current-buffer "*shell*" (setq default-directory "/home/joe/system-test/auth/"))`
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