chdir() COHERENT System Call chdir() Change working directory chdir(directory) char *directory; The working directory (or current directory) is the directory from which the search for a file name begins if a path name does not begin with `/'. By convention, the working directory has the name `.'. chdir changes the working directory to the directory pointed to by directory. This change is in effect until the program exits or calls chdir again. ***** See Also ***** cd, chmod(), chroot(), COHERENT system calls, directory ***** Diagnostics ***** chdir returns zero if successful. It returns -1 if an error oc- curred, e.g., that directory does not exist, is not a directory, or is not searchable. COHERENT Lexicon Page 1