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fchdir - change current directory
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Syntax | #include <unistd.h> int fchdir(int fildes); |
Description | Like chdir() , fchdir() also changes the current directory. The new directory is identified by the file descriptor fildes. The current directory is the starting point for the search for pathnames which do not begin with “/ “. The fildes argument is an open file descriptor referencing a directory. To make a directory the current directory, a process must have execute (search) permission for the directory. |
Return val. | 0 -1 | if successful. if an error occurs. The current working directory remains unchanged.
errno is set to indicate the error. |
Errors | fchdir() will fail if:
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| EACCES
| There is no search permission for fildes. |
| EBADF
| fildes is not a file descriptor for an open file. |
| ENOTDIR
| The open file descriptor does not point to a directory. |
| EINTR
| A signal was caught during the fchdir() system call. |
| EIO
| An I/O error occurred during reading or writing from the file system. |
| ENOLINK
| fildes refers to a remote computer and the link to this computer is no longer active. |
Notes | The change of the current directory is effective for the duration of the current program (or of the current shell). If a new program or shell is started, the home directory is again set as the current directory. To make a directory the current directory, a process must have execute permission (search) for the directory.
fchdir() is only effective in the currently active process and only until the active program terminates.
fchdir() is only executed for POSIX files. |
See also | chdir() , chroot() , unistd.h .
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