ultrix man page for getwd

getwd(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  getwd(3)

Name
       getwd - get current working directory pathname

Syntax
       char *getwd(pathname)
       char *pathname;

Description
       The subroutine copies the absolute pathname of the current working directory to pathname and returns a pointer to the result.

Restrictions
       The subroutine may fail to return to the current directory if an error occurs.

       Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>.

Return Values
       The subroutine returns zero and places a message in pathname if an error occurs.

																	  getwd(3)