.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.