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Name

getwd - get current working directory pathname

Synopsis

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <unistd.h>

char *getwd(char *pathname);

Description

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

Return Values

getwd() returns zero and places a message in pathname if an error occurs. pathname points to a character array of at least MAXPATHLEN length.

See Also

getcwd(3C)

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