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chdir (or cd) is a command to change the working directory (change directory). It is part of many operating systems and programming languages. On many OS `chdir()` also is a system call.

cd, sometimes also available as chdir (change directory), is a command line command to change the current working directory in operating systems such as Unix, DOS, OS/2, AmigaOS (where if a bare path is given, cd is implied), Windows, and Linux. It is also available for use in shell scripts and batch files.

More details see cd Wikipedia article

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chdir() to home directory

I am using the chdir() C function to allow a user to change directory. The function however, doesn't recognize '~'. Do I need to do any explicit conversion, so chdir doesn't recognize what ~ means? Because mine isn't working. Or am I doing something…
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R: source() and path to source files

There must be something that I don't understand about the source() command in R. I'm still new to it, but I cannot for the life of me understand how it gets its directories from! My problem is this: I have a wrapper script, wrapper.R, and a source…
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Change directory in terminal using python

I'm writing a simple script to change the present working directory to some other directory. The following script works okay until the program terminates, after which I'm back to my home directory. #!/usr/bin/python import os if __name__ ==…
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Difference between cd and function chdir

What is the difference between the cd shell command and the Perl function chdir? Please can you explain with an example?
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source code for unix environments 'cd' command

Where can I find the source code for Unix environment's cd command? I want to know how the command is implemented.
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Python os.chdir is modifying the passed directory name

I am trying to change the current working directory in python using os.chdir. I have the following code: import os os.chdir("C:\Users\Josh\Desktop\20130216") However, when I run it, it seems to change the directory, as it comes out with the…
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Why setlocal interferes with chdir in windows batch files?

If I run the batch file setlocal chdir .. the directory is not changed, but if I run setlocal endlocal chdir .. it works normally. This must be exactly what is expected with setlocal. However, it is not entirely obvious when you read the…
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How can I change drives using python os?

I'm trying to change the current directory from C: to Y: I tried: import os os.chdir('Y:') but I keep getting an error saying that it can't locate the drive. Essentially I'm looking for the equivalent of the cd /d command in cmd.
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Why is the user.dir system property working in Java?

Almost every article I read told me that you can't have chdir in Java. The accepted answer to this question says you can't do it in Java. However, here's some of the stuff I tried: geo@codebox:~$ java -version java version "1.6.0_14" Java(TM) SE…
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python os.path.realpath not working properly

I have following code: os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/../test") path.append(os.getcwd()) os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))) Which should add /../test to python path, and it does so, and it all runs…
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how to use chdir to change to current directory?

I'm trying to include a file from another directory and then change the chdir back to the current/original form. chdir('/some/path'); include(./file.php); chdir();//How to I change the directory back to the original form? Anyway to change the chdir…
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os.chdir() to relative home directory (/home/usr/)

Is there a way to use os.chdir() to go to relative user folder? I'm making a bash and the only issue I found is the cd ~, arg[0] is undefined since I'm using this cd functions: def cd(args): os.chdir(args[0]) return current_status Which I…
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chdir() not affecting environment variable PWD

When I use chdir() to change the current working directory, why doesn't the getenv("PWD") give the present working directory? Do I need to setenv("PWD",newDir,1) also? void intChangeDir(char *newDir) { if( chdir(newDir)==0 ) { …
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source(..., chdir=TRUE) does not seem to change the directory

I'm pretty new to R and I'm trying to source a file which is again sourcing files. So I have a file, lets call it mother.R which contains a source call: source ("grandmother.R") mother.R and grandmother.R are in the same directory. I would now like…
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Changing directory in a pthread

My question is : How can i change the current directory in a pthread without changing the current directory in other pthreads, I found a solution which is using openat() function, but i didn't found any example explaining how it works. Using chdir()…
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