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    FpChdir

    Change current working directory.

    Declaration

    Source position: bunxh.inc line 85

    function FpChdir(path: PAnsiChar) : cint;external name 'FPC_SYSC_CHDIR';

    function FpChdir(const path: RawByteString) : cint;

    Description

    fpChDir sets the current working directory to Path.

    It returns zero if the call was successful, -1 on error.

    Note: There exist a portable alternative to fpChDir: system.chdir. Please use fpChDir only if you are writing Unix specific code. System.chdir will work on all operating systems.

    Errors

    Extended error information can be retrieved using fpGetErrno.

    See also

    Name Description
    fpGetCwd Retrieve the current working directory.