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CHDIR(2) System Calls Manual CHDIR(2) NAME chdir, fchdir - change current working directory SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> int chdir(const char *path) int fchdir(int fd) DESCRIPTION Path is the pathname of a directory. Fd is the file descriptor 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: [ENOTDIR] A component of the path prefix is not a directory. [ENAMETOOLONG] The path name exceeds PATH_MAX characters. [ENOENT] The named directory does not exist. [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. (Minix-vmd) [EACCES] Search permission is denied for any component of the path name. [EFAULT] Path points outside the process's allocated address space. [EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system. SEE ALSO chroot(2). 4th Berkeley Distribution August 26, 1985 CHDIR(2)