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getwd(3)

NAME

getwd − get current working directory pathname

SYNTAX

char *getwd(pathname)
char *pathname;

DESCRIPTION

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

RESTRICTIONS

The getwd subroutine may fail to return to the current directory if an error occurs.

Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>. 

RETURN VALUE

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

Subroutines

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