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26 | .\" Modified 1993-07-21 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> | |
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cc4615cc | 33 | .TH CHDIR 2 2007-07-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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34 | .SH NAME |
35 | chdir, fchdir \- change working directory | |
36 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
37 | .B #include <unistd.h> | |
38 | .sp | |
39 | .BI "int chdir(const char *" path ); | |
40 | .br | |
41 | .BI "int fchdir(int " fd ); | |
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42 | .sp |
43 | .in -4n | |
44 | Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see | |
45 | .BR feature_test_macros (7)): | |
46 | .in | |
47 | .sp | |
48 | .BR fchdir (): | |
49 | _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500 | |
fea681da | 50 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
e511ffb6 | 51 | .BR chdir () |
551d5b7a | 52 | changes the current working directory of the calling process to the |
ee62201f | 53 | directory specified in |
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54 | .IR path . |
55 | .PP | |
e511ffb6 | 56 | .BR fchdir () |
fea681da | 57 | is identical to |
e511ffb6 | 58 | .BR chdir (); |
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59 | the only difference is that the directory is given as an |
60 | open file descriptor. | |
61 | .SH "RETURN VALUE" | |
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62 | On success, zero is returned. |
63 | On error, \-1 is returned, and | |
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64 | .I errno |
65 | is set appropriately. | |
66 | .SH ERRORS | |
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67 | Depending on the file system, other errors can be returned. |
68 | The more | |
fea681da | 69 | general errors for |
e511ffb6 | 70 | .BR chdir () |
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71 | are listed below: |
72 | .TP | |
73 | .B EACCES | |
ee62201f | 74 | Search permission is denied for one of the components of |
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75 | .IR path . |
76 | (See also | |
ad7cc990 | 77 | .BR path_resolution (7).) |
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78 | .TP |
79 | .B EFAULT | |
80 | .I path | |
81 | points outside your accessible address space. | |
82 | .TP | |
83 | .B EIO | |
84 | An I/O error occurred. | |
85 | .TP | |
86 | .B ELOOP | |
87 | Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving | |
88 | .IR path . | |
89 | .TP | |
90 | .B ENAMETOOLONG | |
91 | .I path | |
92 | is too long. | |
93 | .TP | |
94 | .B ENOENT | |
95 | The file does not exist. | |
96 | .TP | |
97 | .B ENOMEM | |
98 | Insufficient kernel memory was available. | |
99 | .TP | |
100 | .B ENOTDIR | |
101 | A component of | |
102 | .I path | |
103 | is not a directory. | |
104 | .PP | |
105 | The general errors for | |
e511ffb6 | 106 | .BR fchdir () |
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107 | are listed below: |
108 | .TP | |
109 | .B EACCES | |
110 | Search permission was denied on the directory open on | |
111 | .IR fd . | |
112 | .TP | |
113 | .B EBADF | |
114 | .I fd | |
115 | is not a valid file descriptor. | |
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116 | .SH "CONFORMING TO" |
117 | SVr4, 4.4BSD, POSIX.1-2001. | |
fea681da | 118 | .SH NOTES |
ee62201f | 119 | The current working directory is the starting point for interpreting |
f8a07a21 | 120 | relative pathnames (those not starting with \'/\'). |
ee62201f | 121 | |
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122 | A child process created via |
123 | .BR fork (2) | |
124 | inherits its parent's current working directory. | |
125 | The current working directory is left unchanged by | |
126 | .BR execve (2). | |
127 | ||
fea681da | 128 | The prototype for |
e511ffb6 | 129 | .BR fchdir () |
fea681da | 130 | is only available if |
c13182ef | 131 | .B _BSD_SOURCE |
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132 | is defined, or |
133 | .B _XOPEN_SOURCE | |
134 | is defined with the value 500. | |
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135 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
136 | .BR chroot (2), | |
ad7cc990 | 137 | .BR getcwd (3), |
6a326a85 | 138 | .BR path_resolution (7) |