file parsing: check for PWD existence

cylc · Aug 16, 2023 · e71e428 · e71e428
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commit e71e428
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/cylc/flow/parsec/fileparse.py b/cylc/flow/parsec/fileparse.py
@@ -401,7 +401,11 @@ def read_and_proc(
     fpath = _get_fpath_for_source(fpath, opts)
     fdir = os.path.dirname(fpath)
 
-    odir = os.getcwd()
+    try:
+        odir = os.getcwd()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        # user's current working directory does not exist!
+        odir = None
 
     # Move to the file location to give the template processor easy access to
     # other files in the workflow directory (whether source or installed).
@@ -500,7 +504,8 @@ def read_and_proc(
     if do_contin:
         flines = _concatenate(flines)
 
-    os.chdir(odir)
+    if odir is not None:
+        os.chdir(odir)
 
     # return rstripped lines
     return [fl.rstrip() for fl in flines]