CHDIR(2) DOMAIN/IX SYS5 CHDIR(2)
NAME
chdir - change current working directory
USAGE
chdir(path)
char *path;
DESCRIPTION
Chdir sets path, which must be the name of a directory, as
the current working directory. This becomes the starting
point for resolving pathnames not beginning with a slash
(/).
In order for a directory to become the current directory, a
process must have execute (search) access to the directory.
RETURN VALUE
A successful chdir returns zero. Otherwise, it returns -1
and sets errno as indicated below.
ERRORS
Chdir will fail and the current working directory will not
change if one or more of the following are true:
[ENOTDIR] A component of the pathname is not a directory.
[ENOENT] The directory named does not exist.
[ENOENT] The argument pathname is too long.
[EPERM] The argument contains a byte with the high-order
bit set.
[EACCES] Search permission is denied for any component of
the pathname.
[EFAULT] Path points outside the process's allocated
address space.
[ELOOP] The call encountered too many symbolic links in
translating the pathname.
Printed 12/4/86 CHDIR-1