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Tcl_GetCwd(3)                              Tcl Library Procedures                              Tcl_GetCwd(3)



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NAME
       Tcl_GetCwd, Tcl_Chdir - manipulate the current working directory

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       char *
       Tcl_GetCwd(interp, bufferPtr)

       int
       Tcl_Chdir(path)

ARGUMENTS
       Tcl_Interp    *interp      (in)      Interpreter in which to report an error, if any.

       Tcl_DString   *bufferPtr   (in/out)  This  dynamic string is used to store the current working direc-tory. directory.
                                            tory.  At the time of the call it  should  be  uninitialized  or
                                            free.   The  caller must eventually call Tcl_DStringFree to free
                                            up anything stored here.

       char          *path        (in)      File path in UTF-8 format.
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DESCRIPTION
       These procedures may be used to manipulate the current working directory for the  application.   They
       provide C-level access to the same functionality as the Tcl pwd command.

       Tcl_GetCwd  returns  a  pointer  to a string specifying the current directory, or NULL if the current
       directory could not be determined.  If NULL is returned, an error message is  left  in  the  interp's
       result.    Storage   for  the  result  string  is  allocated  in  bufferPtr;  the  caller  must  call
       Tcl_DStringFree() when the result is no longer needed.  The format of the path is UTF-8.

       Tcl_Chdir changes the applications current working directory to the value  specified  in  path.   The
       format of the passed in string must be UTF-8.  The function returns -1 on error or 0 on success.


KEYWORDS
       pwd



Tcl                                                  8.1                                       Tcl_GetCwd(3)