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1.1       root        1: .TH CHDIR 2 "2 July 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: chdir \- change current working directory
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .nf
                      7: .ft B
                      8: chdir(path)
                      9: char *path;
                     10: .ft R
                     11: .fi
                     12: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     13: .I Path
                     14: is the pathname of a directory.
                     15: .I Chdir
                     16: causes this directory
                     17: to become the current working directory,
                     18: the starting point for path names not beginning with ``/''.
                     19: .PP
                     20: In order for a directory to become the current directory,
                     21: a process must have execute (search) access to the directory.
                     22: .SH "RETURN VALUE
                     23: Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
                     24: Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and \fIerrno\fP is set to indicate
                     25: the error.
                     26: .SH ERRORS
                     27: .I Chdir
                     28: will fail and the current working directory will be unchanged if
                     29: one or more of the following are true:
                     30: .TP 15
                     31: [ENOTDIR]
                     32: A component of the pathname is not a directory.
                     33: .TP 15
                     34: [ENOENT]
                     35: The named directory does not exist.
                     36: .TP 15
                     37: [ENOENT]
                     38: The argument path name was too long.
                     39: .TP 15
                     40: [EPERM]
                     41: The argument contains a byte with the high-order bit set.
                     42: .TP 15
                     43: [EACCES]
                     44: Search permission is denied for any component of
                     45: the path name.
                     46: .TP 15
                     47: [EFAULT]
                     48: .I Path
                     49: points outside the process's allocated address space.
                     50: .TP 15
                     51: [ELOOP]
                     52: Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
                     53: the pathname.
                     54: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     55: chroot(2)

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