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). 

DIAGNOSTICS

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

BUGS

Getwd may fail to return to the current directory if an error occurs. 

4BSD