getwd(S)

getwd -- get current working directory pathname

Syntax

cc . . . -lc

#include <sys/param.h>

char *getwd(char *pathname);

Description

getwd copies the absolute pathname of the current working directory to pathname and returns a pointer to the result.

Return values

getwd returns zero if the length of the name of the current working directory is greater than {PATH_MAX}+1.

Files

/lib/libc.a: linking library

See also

Standards conformance

getwd is conformant with:

X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (Spec-1170).

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