CHDIR(2)                GENIX Programmer's Manual                CHDIR(2)



      NAME
           chdir - change current working directory

      SYNOPSIS
           chdir(dirname)
           char *dirname;

      DESCRIPTION
           Dirname is the address of the pathname of a directory, terminated by
           a  null  byte.   Chdir  causes  this directory to become the current
           working directory, the starting point for path names  not  beginning
           with `/'.

      SEE ALSO
           cd(1)

      DIAGNOSTICS
           Zero is returned if the directory is changed; -1 is returned if  the
           given name is not that of a directory or is not searchable.




































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