NAME

chdir − change default directory

SYNOPSIS

integer function chdir (dirname)
character∗(∗) dirname

DESCRIPTION

The default directory for creating and locating files will be changed to dirname.  Zero is returned if successful; an error code otherwise. 

FILES

/usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO

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

BUGS

Pathnames can be no longer than 127 characters. 

Certain FORTRAN file operations reopen files by name.  Using chdir while doing I/O may result in the run-time system to lose track of files created with relative pathnames (including files created by OPEN statements without file names). 

Sun System Release 0.3  —  19 January 1983