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():

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 filesystem, 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).

SEE ALSO¶

chroot(2), getcwd(3), path_resolution(7)

COLOPHON¶

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