Enabling archinstall.sys_command() to get a working directory when executing. The sys_command() is working pretty well for this very specific need, but this is an attempt to making it a bit more generic. A more general overhaul of the command should be done at some point.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/general.py b/archinstall/lib/general.py
index 28fc0934..d79bbaa2 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/general.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/general.py
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ class sys_command():#Thread):
 
 		user_catalogue = os.path.expanduser('~')
 		self.cwd = f"{user_catalogue}/.cache/archinstall/workers/{kwargs['worker_id']}/"
-		self.exec_dir = f'{self.cwd}/{os.path.basename(self.cmd[0])}_workingdir'
+
+		if (workdir := kwargs.get('workdir', None)):
+			self.exec_dir = workdir
+		else:
+			self.exec_dir = f'{self.cwd}/{os.path.basename(self.cmd[0])}_workingdir'
 
 		if not self.cmd[0][0] == '/':
 			# "which" doesn't work as it's a builtin to bash.