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():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
           || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L

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

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.4BSD.

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)

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Linux                                              2015-08-08                                           CHDIR(2)