NAME

getwd − get current working directory pathname

SYNOPSIS

char ∗getwd(pathname)
char ∗pathname;

DESCRIPTION

getwd copies the absolute pathname of the current working directory to pathname and returns a pointer to the result. 

LIMITATIONS

Maximum pathname length is MAXPATHLEN characters (1024), as defined in <sys/param.h>. 

DIAGNOSTICS

getwd returns zero and places a message in pathname if an error occurs. 

September 29, 2021