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CHDIR(2)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  CHDIR(2)

NAME
chdir, fchdir - change working directory SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int chdir(const char *path); int fchdir(int fd); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): fchdir(): Since glibc 2.12: _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L Before glibc 2.12: _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 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 path points outside your accessible address space. EIO An I/O error occurred. ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving path. ENAMETOOLONG path is too long. ENOENT The file does not exist. ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available. ENOTDIR A component of path is not a directory. The general errors for fchdir() are listed below: EACCES Search permission was denied on the directory open on fd. EBADF fd is not a valid file descriptor. CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.4BSD, POSIX.1-2001. 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. SEE ALSO
chroot(2), getcwd(3), path_resolution(7) COLOPHON
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CHDIR(2)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  CHDIR(2)

NAME
chdir, fchdir - change working directory SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int chdir(const char *path); int fchdir(int fd); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): fchdir(): _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 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 path points outside your accessible address space. EIO An I/O error occurred. ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving path. ENAMETOOLONG path is too long. ENOENT The file does not exist. ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available. ENOTDIR A component of path is not a directory. The general errors for fchdir() are listed below: EACCES Search permission was denied on the directory open on fd. EBADF fd is not a valid file descriptor. CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.4BSD, POSIX.1-2001. 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. SEE ALSO
chroot(2), getcwd(3), path_resolution(7) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.25 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/. Linux 2007-07-26 CHDIR(2)
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