How to change the default workdir?

[aryan9600]

I removed the home directory mount, and it looks like the default workdir is the home directory. So whenever I try to use the vm, I get this:

❯ limactl shell default
bash: line 1: cd: /Users/sanskarjaiswal: No such file or directory
bash: line 1: cd: /Users/sanskarjaiswal: No such file or directory
sanskarjaiswal@lima-default:~$

[jandubois]

These are just warnings/noise, so you could ignore them. Alternatively you can specify the work directory explicitly:

$ limactl shell default --workdir /

If you are using the lima wrapper, you could add the --workdir / argument in there.

[robrecord]

This doesn't work for me. I get /bin/bash: --: invalid option

Also is there a way to stop these "warnings" from being printed (or the cd commands from being invoked)? It's quite disconcerting for new users.

[robrecord]

OK it's actually:

limactl shell [flags] [instance] [command]

and not the other way round.

So:

limactl shell --workdir / default

which makes sense because otherwise it would interfere with any commands being sent. This should probably be updated in the help text.

[jandubois]

This should probably be updated in the help text.

Yes, it should #1444