4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat3/getwd.0

GETWD(3)                                                              GETWD(3)


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), as defined  in
       <sys/param.h>.

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


4.2 Berkeley Distribution        May 12, 1986                         GETWD(3)