.TH "CHDIR" 2
.UC
.SH NAME
chdir, chroot \- change default directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chdir(dirname)
.br
.B char *dirname;
.PP
.B chroot(dirname)
.br
.B char *dirname;
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Dirname
is the address of the path name of a directory, terminated by a null byte.
.I Chdir
causes this directory
to become the current working directory,
the starting point for path names not beginning with `/'.
.PP
.I Chroot
sets the root directory, the
starting point for path names beginning with `/'.
The call is restricted to the super-user.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned
and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.IR Chdir " (respectively " chroot )
will fail and the current working directory (starting point for path
names beginning with `/') will be unchanged if one or
more of the following is true:
.TP 20
[ENOTDIR]
A component of the path name is not a directory.
.TP 20
[ENOENT]
The named directory does not exist.
.TP 20
[EINVAL]
The
.I dirname
contained a non-ASCII byte.
.TP 20
[EACCES]
Search permission is denied for any component of the path name.
.TP 20
[EFAULT]
.I Dirname
points outside the process's allocated address space.
.TP 20
[ELOOP]
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the path name.
.PP
.I Chroot
will also fail if:
.TP 20
[EPERM]
The user is not the super-user.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cd(1)
.SH ASSEMBLER
(chdir = 12.)
.br
.B sys chdir; dirname
.PP
(chroot = 61.)
.br
.B sys chroot; dirname