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.\" @(#)chdir.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd December 11, 1993
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.Dt CHDIR 2
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm chdir ,
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.Nm fchdir
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.Nd change current working directory
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2000-04-21 09:42:15 +00:00
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn chdir "const char *path"
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.Ft int
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.Fn fchdir "int fd"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fa path
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argument points to the pathname of a directory.
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The
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.Fn chdir
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function
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causes the named directory
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to become the current working directory, that is,
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the starting point for path searches of pathnames not beginning with
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a slash,
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.Ql / .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn fchdir
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function
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causes the directory referenced by
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.Fa fd
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to become the current working directory,
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the starting point for path searches of pathnames not beginning with
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a slash,
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.Ql / .
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.Pp
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In order for a directory to become the current directory,
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a process must have execute (search) access to the directory.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
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Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate
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the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn Chdir
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will fail and the current working directory will be unchanged if
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one or more of the following are true:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
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or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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The named directory does not exist.
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.It Bq Er ELOOP
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Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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Search permission is denied for any component of
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the path name.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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.Fa Path
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points outside the process's allocated address space.
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.It Bq Er EIO
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An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Fn Fchdir
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will fail and the current working directory will be unchanged if
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one or more of the following are true:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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Search permission is denied for the directory referenced by the
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file descriptor.
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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The file descriptor does not reference a directory.
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The argument
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.Fa fd
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is not a valid file descriptor.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chroot 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn chdir
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function call is expected to conform to
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.St -p1003.1-90 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn chdir
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function call appeared in
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.At v7 .
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The
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.Fn fchdir
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function call
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appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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