[unix-history] / usr / src / lib / libc / gen / getcwd.3

.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"	@(#)getcwd.3	6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH GETWD 3 ""
.UC 5
.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),
as defined in
.I <sys/param.h>.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I Getwd
returns zero and places a message in
.I pathname
if an error occurs.
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861bcf00 KM	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
	2	.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
	3	.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
	4	.\"
1ff03aa2	5	.\" @(#)getcwd.3 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
861bcf00	6	.\"
9594a5eb	7	.TH GETWD 3 ""
861bcf00 KM	8	.UC 5
	9	.SH NAME
	10	getwd \- get current working directory pathname
	11	.SH SYNOPSIS
	12	.nf
	13	.B char *getwd(pathname)
	14	.B char *pathname;
	15	.fi
	16	.SH DESCRIPTION
	17	.I Getwd
	18	copies the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
	19	.I pathname
	20	and returns a pointer to the result.
	21	.SH LIMITATIONS
9594a5eb KM	22	Maximum pathname length is MAXPATHLEN characters (1024),
	23	as defined in
	24	.I <sys/param.h>.
861bcf00 KM	25	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
	26	.I Getwd
	27	returns zero and places a message in
	28	.I pathname
	29	if an error occurs.