fchdir(2) change current working directory

Other Alias

chdir

LIBRARY

Lb libc

SYNOPSIS

In unistd.h Ft int Fn chdir const char *path Ft int Fn fchdir int fd

DESCRIPTION

The Fa path argument points to the pathname of a directory. The Fn chdir system call causes the named directory to become the current working directory, that is, the starting point for path searches of pathnames not beginning with a slash, `/'

The Fn fchdir system call causes the directory referenced by Fa fd to become the current working directory, the starting point for path searches of pathnames not beginning with a slash, `/'

In order for a directory to become the current directory, a process must have execute (search) access to the directory.

RETURN VALUES

Rv -std

ERRORS

The Fn chdir system call will fail and the current working directory will be unchanged if one or more of the following are true:

Bq Er ENOTDIR
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
Bq Er ENOENT
The named directory does not exist.
Bq Er ELOOP
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
Bq Er EACCES
Search permission is denied for any component of the path name.
Bq Er EFAULT
The Fa path argument points outside the process's allocated address space.
Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.

The Fn fchdir system call will fail and the current working directory will be unchanged if one or more of the following are true:

Bq Er EACCES
Search permission is denied for the directory referenced by the file descriptor.
Bq Er ENOTDIR
The file descriptor does not reference a directory.
Bq Er EBADF
The argument Fa fd is not a valid file descriptor.

STANDARDS

The Fn chdir system call is expected to conform to St -p1003.1-90 .

HISTORY

The Fn chdir system call appeared in AT&T System v7 . The Fn fchdir system call appeared in BSD 4.2