NAME

chdir − change default directory

SYNOPSIS

chdir(dirname)
char *dirname;

DESCRIPTION

Dirname is the address of the pathname of a directory, terminated by a null byte.  Chdir causes this directory to become the current working directory, the starting point for path names not beginning with ‘/’. 

SEE ALSO

cd(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

Zero is returned if the directory is changed; −1 is returned if the given name is not that of a directory or is not searchable. 

ASSEMBLER

(chdir = 12.) 
sys chdir; dirname

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