GETWD(3,L)                  AIX Technical Reference                  GETWD(3,L)



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getwd



PURPOSE

Gets current directory path name.

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNTAX

char *getwd (pathname)
char *pathname;

DESCRIPTION

The getwd subroutine determines the absolute path name of the current
directory, then copies that path name into the area pointed to by the pathname
parameter.

The maximum path name length, in characters, is set by the MAXPATHLEN define
directive in the file /usr/include/sys/param.h.

RETURN VALUE

If the call to getwd is successful, a pointer to the absolute path name of the
current directory is returned.  If an error occurs, getwd returns the value 0
and places a message in pathname.

RELATED INFORMATION

In this book:  "getcwd."



















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