Change the current working directory
#include <unistd.h> int chdir( const char* path );
libc
Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.
The chdir() function changes the current working directory to path, which can be relative to the current working directory or an absolute path name.
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) { if( argc != 2 ) { fprintf( stderr, "Use: cd <directory>\n" ); return EXIT_FAILURE; } if( chdir( argv[1] ) == 0 ) { printf( "Directory changed to %s\n", argv[1] ); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } else { perror( argv[1] ); return EXIT_FAILURE; } }
Safety: | |
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Cancellation point | No |
Interrupt handler | No |
Signal handler | Yes |
Thread | Yes |
There's only one current working directory per process. In a multithreaded application, any thread calling chdir() will change the current working directory for all threads in that process.
errno, fchdir(), getcwd(), mkdir(), rmdir()