NAME¶

System::chdir - Change directory

SYNOPSIS¶

Void chdir( String path )

DESCRIPTION¶

Change the current working directory to another directory. The directory path given can be relative or absolute.

// currently in /home/me/working
chdir("sub"); // now in /home/me/working/sub
chdir("../../.."); // now in /home
chdir("/tmp"); // now in /tmp

The function behaves in a similar fashion on Windows

// 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

Note the need to escape the backslashes used as a path separator.

AUTHORS¶

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

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.