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.TH GETWD 3 "25 February 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
getwd \- get current working directory pathname
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B char *getwd(pathname)
.B char *pathname;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Getwd
copies the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
.I pathname
and returns a pointer to the result.
.SH LIMITATIONS
Maximum pathname length is MAXPATHLEN characters (1024).
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I Getwd
returns zero and places a message in
.I pathname
if an error occurs.
.SH BUGS
.I Getwd
may fail to return to the current directory if an error occurs.
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05dda90f C	1	.TH GETWD 3 "25 February 1983"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	getwd \- get current working directory pathname
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.nf
	7	.B char *getwd(pathname)
	8	.B char *pathname;
	9	.fi
	10	.SH DESCRIPTION
	11	.I Getwd
	12	copies the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
	13	.I pathname
	14	and returns a pointer to the result.
	15	.SH LIMITATIONS
	16	Maximum pathname length is MAXPATHLEN characters (1024).
	17	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
	18	.I Getwd
	19	returns zero and places a message in
	20	.I pathname
	21	if an error occurs.
	22	.SH BUGS
	23	.I Getwd
	24	may fail to return to the current directory if an error occurs.