fchdir(3p) — Linux manual page

FCHDIR(3P)              POSIX Programmer's Manual             FCHDIR(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
       or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       fchdir — change working directory

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <unistd.h>

       int fchdir(int fildes);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The fchdir() function shall be equivalent to chdir() except that
       the directory that is to be the new current working directory is
       specified by the file descriptor fildes.

       A conforming application can obtain a file descriptor for a file
       of type directory using open(), provided that the file status
       flags and access modes do not contain O_WRONLY or O_RDWR.

RETURN VALUE         top

       Upon successful completion, fchdir() shall return 0. Otherwise,
       it shall return -1 and set errno to indicate the error. On
       failure the current working directory shall remain unchanged.

ERRORS         top

       The fchdir() function shall fail if:

       EACCES Search permission is denied for the directory referenced
              by fildes.

       EBADF  The fildes argument is not an open file descriptor.

       ENOTDIR
              The open file descriptor fildes does not refer to a
              directory.

       The fchdir() may fail if:

       EINTR  A signal was caught during the execution of fchdir().

       EIO    An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the
              file system.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       chdir(3p), dirfd(3p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, unistd.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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