chdir(2)                                                 chdir(2)



NAME
     chdir - changes the working directory

SYNOPSIS
     int chdir(path)
     char *path;

DESCRIPTION
     chdir causes the named directory to become the current
     working directory, the starting point for path searches for
     pathnames not beginning with /.  path points to the pathname
     of a directory.

STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
     Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
     indicate the error.

     The chdir command will fail and the current working
     directory will be unchanged if one or more of the following
     is true:

     EPERM
          A pathname contains a character with the high-order bit
          set.

     ENAMETOOLONG
          A component of a pathname exceeded NAME_MAX characters,
          or an entire pathname exceeded PATH_MAX.

     ELOOP
          Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
          a pathname.

     ENOTDIR
          A component of the pathname is not a directory.

     ENOENT
          The named directory does not exist.

     EACCES
          Search permission is denied for any component of the
          pathname.

     EFAULT
          path points outside the allocated address space of the
          process.

SEE ALSO
     chroot(2)





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