getwd(3)                (BSD Compatibility Package)                getwd(3)

NAME
     getwd - get current working directory pathname

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/ucb/cc [flag ...] file ... -lucb

     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <unistd.h>

     char *getwd(char *pathname);

DESCRIPTION
     The getwd() function determines an absolute pathname of the current
     working directory of the calling process, and copies that pathname
     into the array pointed to by the pathname argument.

     If the length of the pathname of the current working directory is
     greater than (MAXPATHLEN + 1) including the null byte, getwd() fails
     and returns a null pointer.

RETURN VALUE
     Upon successful completion, a pointer to the string containing the
     absolute pathname of the current working directory is returned. Other-
     wise, getwd() returns a null pointer and the contents of the array
     pointed to by pathname are undefined.

SEE ALSO
     getcwd(3C).



























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