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When I start a new zsh session it always seems to set its working directory to the last-known working directory of any other zsh session running on my system. Is there a way to configure zsh to just start at $HOME?

For example, sometimes I get into really slow directory shared over the network or something and I'd like to open a new shell and do something else, but I can't do anything else because my new session is too busy trying to set its working directory to that slow path on the network.

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That's not the default behavior. What is in your ~/.zshrc? –  mpy Sep 17 '13 at 20:12
Are you running under tmux or screen? –  jjlin Sep 17 '13 at 20:43
tmux need more chars for valid comment –  mgalgs Sep 18 '13 at 0:54
Maybe it's oh-my-zsh... Let me do some experiments... –  mgalgs Sep 18 '13 at 0:54

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Doh! Turns out it was the last-working-dir plugin from oh-my-zsh. Removing that from my plugins array "fixed" it.

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