NAME

chdir − change default directory

SYNOPSIS

integer∗4 function chdir (dirname)
character∗(∗) dirname

DESCRIPTION

Change the default directory for creating and locating files to dirname.  Zero is returned if successful; an error code otherwise. 

FILES

libF77.a

SEE ALSO

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

RESTRICTIONS

Path names cannot be longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>. 

Use of this function may cause inquire by unit to fail. 

Certain FORTRAN file operations reopen files by name.  Using chdir while doing I/O may cause the runtime system to lose track of files created with relative path names, including those files that are created by open statements without file names. 

SunOS 5.0  —  Last change: 98/09/16