6.39 CHDIR — Change working directory

Description:

Change current working directory to a specified path.

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:

CALL CHDIR(NAME [, STATUS])

STATUS = CHDIR(NAME)

Arguments:

NAME	The type shall be CHARACTER(*) and shall specify a valid path within the file system.
STATUS	(Optional) INTEGER status flag of the default kind. Returns 0 on success, and a system specific and nonzero error code otherwise.

Example:

          PROGRAM test_chdir
            CHARACTER(len=255) :: path
            CALL getcwd(path)
            WRITE(*,*) TRIM(path)
            CALL chdir("/tmp")
            CALL getcwd(path)
            WRITE(*,*) TRIM(path)
          END PROGRAM
     

See also:

GETCWD