4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat1/cd.0

CD(1)                                                                    CD(1)


NAME
       cd - change working directory

SYNOPSIS
       cd directory

DESCRIPTION
       Directory  becomes  the  new  working directory.  The process must have
       execute (search) permission in directory.

       Because a new process is created to execute each command, cd  would  be
       ineffective  if  it  were written as a normal command.  It is therefore
       recognized and executed by the shells.  In csh(1)  you  may  specify  a
       list  of  directories in which directory is to be sought as a subdirec‐
       tory if it is not a subdirectory of  the  current  directory;  see  the
       description of the cdpath variable in csh(1).

SEE ALSO
       csh(1), sh(1), pwd(1), chdir(2)


4th Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                           CD(1)