CHDIR(2) CHDIR(2)
NAME
chdir - change working directory
SYNOPSIS
int chdir (path)
char *path;
DESCRIPTION
Path points to the path name of a directory. chdir causes
the named directory to become the current working directory,
the starting point for path searches for path names not
beginning with /.
chdir will fail and the current working directory will be
unchanged if one or more of the following are true:
[ENOTDIR] A component of the path name is not a
directory.
[ENOENT] The named directory does not exist.
[EACCES] Search permission is denied for any component
of the path name.
[EFAULT] Path points outside the allocated address
space of the process.
[EINTR] A signal was caught during the chdir system
call.
[ENOLINK] Path points to a remote machine and the link
to that machine is no longer active.
[EMULTIHOP] Components of path require hopping to
multiple remote machines.
SEE ALSO
chroot(2).
DIAGNOSTICS
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CHDIR(2) CHDIR(2)
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
indicate the error.
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