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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/chdir.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/chdir.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b4d0575d --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/chdir.3p @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +'\" et +.TH CHDIR "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +chdir +\(em change working directory +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <unistd.h> +.P +int chdir(const char *\fIpath\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fIchdir\fR() +function shall cause the directory named by the pathname pointed to +by the +.IR path +argument to become the current working directory; that is, the starting +point for path searches for pathnames not beginning with +.BR '/' . +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned. Otherwise, \-1 shall +be returned, the current working directory shall remain unchanged, and +.IR errno +shall be set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +The +\fIchdir\fR() +function shall fail if: +.TP +.BR EACCES +Search permission is denied for any component of the pathname. +.TP +.BR ELOOP +A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the +.IR path +argument. +.TP +.BR ENAMETOOLONG +.br +The length of a component of a pathname is longer than +{NAME_MAX}. +.TP +.BR ENOENT +A component of +.IR path +does not name an existing directory or +.IR path +is an empty string. +.TP +.BR ENOTDIR +A component of the pathname names an existing file that is neither +a directory nor a symbolic link to a directory. +.P +The +\fIchdir\fR() +function may fail if: +.TP +.BR ELOOP +More than +{SYMLOOP_MAX} +symbolic links were encountered during resolution of the +.IR path +argument. +.TP +.BR ENAMETOOLONG +.br +The length of a pathname exceeds +{PATH_MAX}, +or pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate +result with a length that exceeds +{PATH_MAX}. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +.SS "Changing the Current Working Directory" +.P +The following example makes the value pointed to by +.BR directory , +.BR /tmp , +the current working directory. +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +#include <unistd.h> +\&... +char *directory = "/tmp"; +int ret; +.P +ret = chdir (directory); +.fi +.P +.RE +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH RATIONALE +The +\fIchdir\fR() +function only affects the working directory of the current process. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIgetcwd\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fB<unistd.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |