Name
chdir, fchdir — change working directory
Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
int
chdir( |
const char * | path); |
int
fchdir( |
int | fd); |
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DESCRIPTION
chdir() changes the current
working directory of the calling process to the directory
specified in path.
fchdir() is identical to
chdir(); the only difference is
that the directory is given as an open file descriptor.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, −1 is
returned, and errno is set
appropriately.
ERRORS
Depending on the file system, other errors can be
returned. The more general errors for chdir() are listed below:
- EACCES
-
Search permission is denied for one of the components of
path. (See also path_resolution(7).) - EFAULT
-
pathpoints outside your accessible address space. - EIO
-
An I/O error occurred.
- ELOOP
-
Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving
path. - ENAMETOOLONG
-
pathis too long. - ENOENT
-
The file does not exist.
- ENOMEM
-
Insufficient kernel memory was available.
- ENOTDIR
-
A component of
pathis not a directory.
The general errors for fchdir() are listed below:
- EACCES
-
Search permission was denied on the directory open on
fd. - EBADF
-
fdis not a valid file descriptor.
NOTES
The current working directory is the starting point for interpreting relative pathnames (those not starting with '/').
A child process created via fork(2) inherits its parent's current working directory. The current working directory is left unchanged by execve(2).
The prototype for fchdir()
is only available if _BSD_SOURCE is defined, or _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined with the value
500.
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 2.79 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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Copyright (c) 1992 Drew Eckhardt (drewcs.colorado.edu), March 28, 1992 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working professionally. Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. Modified by Michael Haardt <michaelmoria.de> Modified 1993-07-21 by Rik Faith <faithcs.unc.edu> Modified 1995-04-15 by Michael Chastain <mecshell.portal.com>: Added 'fchdir'. Fixed bugs in error section. Modified 1996-10-21 by Eric S. Raymond <esrthyrsus.com> Modified 1997-08-21 by Joseph S. Myers <jsm28cam.ac.uk> Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpagesgmail.com> |