CHDIR(OC)

Shore Programmer's Manual - 2 August 96

NAME

chdir \- change working directory

SYNOPSIS

#include <ShoreApp.h>
shrc Shore::chdir(const char *path);

DESCRIPTION

Chdir changes the process' current working directory to the directory given by `path.' Shore applications have two notions of "working directory:" the Shore working directory and the Unix working directory. This method changes the former, leaving the latter unchanged. The later can be changed with chdir(2). The pathname of the (Shore) current working directory can be retrieved with getcwd(oc) .

Changing to a directory required inspecting the directory's access bits, which in turn, acquires a short-term share lock (SH-mode) on the directory.

VERSION

This manual page applies to Version 1.0 of theShore software.

SPONSORSHIP

The Shore project is sponsored by the Advanced Research Project Agency, ARPA order number 018 (formerly 8230), monitored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory under contract DAAB07-92-C-Q508.