Merge pull request #250 from thheinen/thheinen/fix-targetmode-timeouts

Fix execution in target mode with cwd parameter given
chef · Oct 8, 2024 · 0cabb84 · 0cabb84
2 parents 14a5891 + 83c8d91
commit 0cabb84
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diff --git a/lib/mixlib/shellout/helper.rb b/lib/mixlib/shellout/helper.rb
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ def __shell_out_command(*args, **options)
           command = __join_whitespace(args)
           unless ChefUtils.windows?
             if options[:cwd]
-              command.prepend sprintf("cd %s;", options[:cwd])
+              # as `timeout` is used, commands need to be executed in a subshell
+              command = "sh -c 'cd #{options[:cwd]}; #{command}'"
             end
 
             if options[:input]