6.88 GETCWD — Get current working directory

Description:

Get current working directory.

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 GETCWD(CWD [, STATUS])

Arguments:

CWD	The type shall be CHARACTER(*).
STATUS	(Optional) status flag. Returns 0 on success, a system specific and nonzero error code otherwise.

Example:

          PROGRAM test_getcwd
            CHARACTER(len=255) :: cwd
            CALL getcwd(cwd)
            WRITE(*,*) TRIM(cwd)
          END PROGRAM
     

See also:

CHDIR