CHDIR(2)                COMMAND REFERENCE                CHDIR(2)



NAME
     chdir - change current working directory

SYNOPSIS
     chdir(path)
     char *path;

DESCRIPTION
     Path is the pathname of a directory.  Chdir causes this
     directory to become the current working directory, the
     starting point for path searches for pathnames not beginning
     with ``/''.

     In order for a directory to become the current directory, a
     process must have execute (search) access to the directory.

DIAGNOSTICS
     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 pathname is not a
                    directory.

     [ENOENT]       The named directory does not exist.

     [ENAMETOOLONG] The argument path is too long.

     [ENOASCII]     The argument path contains a byte with the
                    high-order bit set.

     [EACCES]       Search permission is denied for any component
                    of the path name.

     [EIO]          An I/O error occurred while reading from or
                    writing to the file system.

     [EFAULT]       Path points outside the process's allocated
                    address space.

     [ELOOP]        Too many symbolic links were encountered in
                    translating the pathname.

RETURN VALUE
     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
     Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
     indicate the error.

CAVEATS
     If you chdir to a directory on a remote host, and are
     inactive for four hours, the daemon serving you will exit.





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CHDIR(2)                COMMAND REFERENCE                CHDIR(2)



SEE ALSO
     chroot(2).





















































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