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chdir

Change current working directory.

Declaration

Source position: systemh.inc line 577

procedure chdir(

  const s: String

);

Description

Chdir changes the working directory of the process to S.

Errors

Depending on the state of the \var{\{\$I\}} switch, a runtime error can be generated if there is an error. In the \var{\{\$I-\}} state, use IOResult to check for errors.

See also

Mkdir

  

Create a new directory.

Rmdir

  

Remove directory when empty.

Example

Program Example7;

{ Program to demonstrate the ChDir function. }

begin
  {$I-}
  ChDir (ParamStr(1));
  if IOresult<>0 then
    Writeln ('Cannot change to directory : ',paramstr (1));
end.