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.TH "System.chdir" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
System::chdir \- Change directory
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B Void chdir(
\fIString path\fP
.B ")"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Change the current working directory to another directory. The directory path given can be relative or absolute.
.IP "" -4
 // currently in /home/me/working
 chdir("sub"); // now in /home/me/working/sub
 chdir("../../.."); // now in /home
 chdir("/tmp"); // now in /tmp
.PP
The function behaves in a similar fashion on Windows
.IP "" -4
 // currently in C:\\kaya\\programs
 chdir("sub"); // now in C:\\kaya\\programs\\sub
 chdir("..\\\\.."); // now in C:\\kaya
 chdir("\\\\Program Files"); // now in C:\\Program Files
 chdir("F:\\\\data"); // now in F:\\data
.PP
Note the need to escape the backslashes used as a path separator.
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.