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| 2 | .he 'CHDIR (I)'3/15/72'CHDIR (I)' | |
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| 4 | NAME chdir -- change working directory | |
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| 7 | SYNOPSIS chdir\b\b\b\b\b_____ directory | |
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| 10 | DESCRIPTION directory\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b_________ | |
| 11 | becomes the new working directory. | |
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| 13 | Because a new process is created to execute each command, | |
| 14 | chdir\b\b\b\b\b_____ would be ineffective if it were written as a | |
| 15 | normal command. It is therefore recognized and executed | |
| 16 | by the Shell. | |
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| 19 | FILES -- | |
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| 22 | SEE ALSO sh(I) | |
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| 25 | DIAGNOSTICS "Bad directory" if the directory cannot | |
| 26 | be changed to. | |
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| 29 | BUGS -- |