Elisp - Changing directory in shell buffer

Question

I want to open an instance of a terminal emulator (in my case term) and go to a specific directory, all with a single Elisp function. My idea was to send a specific string programmatically to the shell, telling it to change to a specific directory. But I don't know how I should do it, and I've not been able to find an alternative (like sending the cd command as the shell is opened).

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

One method would be to let-bind the default-directory when opening term:

(let ((default-directory "/path/to/desired/directory/"))
  (term "/bin/sh"))