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

NAME
     chdir, chroot - change default directory

SYNOPSIS
     chdir(dirname)
     char *dirname;

     chroot(dirname)
     char *dirname;

DESCRIPTION
     _D_i_r_n_a_m_e is the address of the path name of a directory, ter-
     minated by a null byte.  _C_h_d_i_r causes this directory to
     become the current working directory, the starting point for
     path names not beginning with `/'.

     _C_h_r_o_o_t sets the root directory, the starting point for path
     names beginning with `/'.  The call is restricted to the
     super-user.

RETURN VALUE
     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Oth-
     erwise, a value of -1 is returned and _e_r_r_n_o is set to indi-
     cate the error.

ERRORS
     _C_h_d_i_r (respectively _c_h_r_o_o_t) will fail and the current work-
     ing directory (starting point for path names beginning with
     `/') will be unchanged if one or more of the following is
     true:

     [ENOTDIR]           A component of the path name is not a
                         directory.

     [ENOENT]            The named directory does not exist.

     [EINVAL]            The _d_i_r_n_a_m_e contained a non-ASCII byte.

     [EACCES]            Search permission is denied for any com-
                         ponent of the path name.

     [EFAULT]            _D_i_r_n_a_m_e points outside the process's
                         allocated address space.

     [ELOOP]             Too many symbolic links were encountered
                         in translating the path name.

     _C_h_r_o_o_t will also fail if:

     [EPERM]             The user is not the super-user.

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

SEE ALSO
     cd(1)

ASSEMBLER
     (chdir = 12.)
     sys chdir; dirname

     (chroot = 61.)
     sys chroot; dirname

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