# LibTmux.SplitPaneRequest.StartDirectory

- **Module:** LibTmux
- **Package:** LibTmux
- **Language:** C#
- **Kind:** property
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-dotnet/blob/cf34b255c896d19a97e7d7fabea58609c916012d/src/LibTmux/Requests/SplitPaneRequest.cs#L34
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-splitpanerequest-startdirectory/

Gets the working directory for the new pane.

tmux expands it as a format before it changes directory, so a <c>#</c>
in it does not survive verbatim.