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NAME
chdir - change working directory
SYNOPSIS
int chdir (path)
char *path;
DESCRIPTION
Path points to the path name of a directory. Chdir causes the
named directory to become the current working directory, the
starting point for path searches for path names not beginning with
f.
Chdir will fail and the current working directory will be
unchanged if one or more of the following are true:
A component of the path name is not a directory.
[ENOTDffij
The named directory does not exist. [ENOENTI
Search permission is denied for any component of the path
name. [EACCESI
Path points outside the process's allocated address space.
[EFAULTI
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.
SEE ALSO
chroot(2).
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