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.  If the target directory is located on a
         remote host, this error code will be returned if the
         local host name and local user name does not appear in
         /usr/lib/dfs/access on the remote machine.  See access
         (dfs)(5n).

     [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.



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     [EDFSNOSUCHHOST]
         The pathname referenced a remote host, but when we
         broadcast a request for its address, no host responded.

     [EDFS_CD]
         There is a fixed limit for the number of chdirs that may
         be made to a remote host.  When this limit is exceeded
         this error message is returned.

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.

SEE ALSO
     chroot(2).



































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