CHDIR

Section: MINTLIB LIBRARY FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: 3 March 1993
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NAME

chdir - change working directory

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int chdir(const 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 path for path searches for path names not beginning with /.

RETURN VALUES

0 upon successfull completion. -1 when an error occurs; errno is set to indicate the error.