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chdir(3f)  —  VAX  —  Unsupported

Name

chdir − change default directory

Syntax

integer function chdir (dirname)
character*(*) dirname

Description

The default directory for creating and locating files will be changed to dirname. 

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.

Return Values

Zero is returned if successful; an error code otherwise. 

Files

/usr/lib/libU77.a

See Also

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

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