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chdir(3)  —  Subroutines

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NAME

chdir − change default directory

SYNOPSIS

integer function chdir (dirname)
character∗(∗) dirname

DESCRIPTION

The default directory for creating and locating files will be changed to dirname. Zero is returned if successful; an error code otherwise. 

FILES

/usr/lib/libU77.a

RELATED INFORMATION

chdir(2), cd(1), perror(3)

RESTRICTIONS

Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>.

Use of this function may cause inquire by unit to fail. 

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