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getwd(3B)

get current working directory pathname

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

getwd - get current working directory pathname

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file ... -lucb #include <sys/param.h>
char *getwd(pathname)
char pathname[MAXPATHLEN];

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUE

getwd returns zero and places a message in pathname if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

getcwd(3C) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.