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.TH CHDIR 2 
.UC 4
.SH NAME
chdir \- change current working directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B chdir(dirname)
.B char *dirname;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Dirname
is the address of the pathname of a directory, terminated by a null byte.
.I Chdir
causes this directory
to become the current working directory,
the starting point for path names not beginning with `/'.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cd(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Zero is returned if the directory is changed; \-1
is returned
if the given name is not that of a directory
or is not searchable.
.SH ASSEMBLER
(chdir = 12.)
.br
.B sys chdir; dirname