"bash: line 1: cd: {some_dir}: No such file or directory" will prompt in some directories

[hcmlinj]

I might have got bash: line 1: cd: {some_dir}: No such file or directory in some working directory for nerdctl.lima command.
It executed successfully but got unexpected warning message.
Execute shell in Lima was all expected without warning message.

$ sw_vers                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	12.2.1
BuildVersion:	21D62

$ uname -m
arm64

$ limactl list                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
NAME       STATUS     SSH                ARCH       CPUS    MEMORY    DISK      DIR
default    Running    127.0.0.1:60022    aarch64    4       4GiB      100GiB    /Users/jamie/.lima/default

# expetced
$ pwd
/Users/jamie
$ nerdctl.lima ps
CONTAINER ID    IMAGE    COMMAND    CREATED    STATUS    PORTS    NAMES

# with warning
$ pwd
/Users/jamie/Desktop
$ nerdctl.lima ps
bash: line 1: cd: /Users/jamie/Desktop: No such file or directory
CONTAINER ID    IMAGE    COMMAND    CREATED    STATUS    PORTS    NAMES

# expetced
$ pwd
/etc
$ nerdctl.lima ps
CONTAINER ID    IMAGE    COMMAND    CREATED    STATUS    PORTS    NAMES

# with warning
$ pwd
/etc/ppp
$ nerdctl.lima ps
bash: line 1: cd: /etc/ppp: No such file or directory
CONTAINER ID    IMAGE    COMMAND    CREATED    STATUS    PORTS    NAMES

[jandubois]

I might have got bash: line 1: cd: {some_dir}: No such file or directory in some working directory for nerdctl.lima command. It executed successfully but got unexpected warning message. Execute shell in Lima was all expected without warning message.

This happens when the current working directory in the host is not mapped into the guest.

# with warning
$ pwd
/Users/jamie/Desktop
$ nerdctl.lima ps
bash: line 1: cd: /Users/jamie/Desktop: No such file or directory
CONTAINER ID    IMAGE    COMMAND    CREATED    STATUS    PORTS    NAMES

The ~/Desktop directory is protected on macOS. Make sure you have granted your shell (e.g. Terminal or iTerm2) "Full Disk Access".

# expetced
$ pwd
/etc
$ nerdctl.lima ps
CONTAINER ID    IMAGE    COMMAND    CREATED    STATUS    PORTS    NAMES

This may be "expected" but only works accidentally: The /etc directory is not mounted inside the guest, but it has its own /etc directory. You are running the command in the context of that directory, and not the /etc directory on the host.

# with warning
$ pwd
/etc/ppp
$ nerdctl.lima ps
bash: line 1: cd: /etc/ppp: No such file or directory
CONTAINER ID    IMAGE    COMMAND    CREATED    STATUS    PORTS    NAMES

The /etc/ppp directory only exists on the host but not inside the guest.

[jandubois]

The ~/Desktop directory is protected on macOS. Make sure you have granted your shell (e.g. Terminal or iTerm2) "Full Disk Access".

On second thoughts, I'm not sure about this: how could this be the current directory if the terminal has not access to it? So there may be a different reason it isn't accessible from inside the guest.

[hcmlinj]

Yes, this is my concern.
There is a clue about the bash is for guest, the host shell is zsh.
I've done an experiment about limactl shell default then sudo mkdir /etc/ppp at guest.
I've executed nerdctl.lima ps in the host in /etc/ppp without warning message.

I have some deductions from these observes:

1. guest did change directory before execute nerdctl.lima.
2. the warning message only occur when the guest without the directory when host in.
3. I think it's a warning message due to nerdctl.lima execution always successfully.

Is this an expected behavior?

[robrecord]

I'd love to fix this. Thanks for your insights @hcmlinj - did you find out what it was?