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All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
@(#)chdir.2 6.1 (Berkeley) 05/09/85
CHDIR 2 ""
C 4 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 names not beginning with ``/''.
In order for a directory to become the current directory, a process must have execute (search) access to the directory.
"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.
ERRORS
Chdir will fail and the current working directory will be unchanged if
one or more of the following are true:
15 [ENOTDIR] A component of the pathname is not a directory.
15 [ENOENT] The named directory does not exist.
15 [ENOENT] The argument path name was too long.
15 [EPERM] The argument contains a byte with the high-order bit set.
15 [EACCES] Search permission is denied for any component of the path name.
15 [EFAULT] Path points outside the process's allocated address space.
15 [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
"SEE ALSO"
chroot(2)