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diff --git a/man3p/fchdir.3p b/man3p/fchdir.3p new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b02d484a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3p/fchdir.3p @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "FCHDIR" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" fchdir +.SH NAME +fchdir \- change working directory +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <unistd.h> +.br +.sp +int fchdir(int\fP \fIfildes\fP\fB); \fP +\fB +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIfchdir\fP() function shall be equivalent to \fIchdir\fP() except +that the +directory that is to be the new current working directory is specified +by the file descriptor \fIfildes\fP. +.LP +A conforming application can obtain a file descriptor for a file of +type directory using \fIopen\fP(), provided that the file status flags +and access modes do not contain O_WRONLY or +O_RDWR. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +Upon successful completion, \fIfchdir\fP() shall return 0. Otherwise, +it shall return -1 and set \fIerrno\fP to indicate the +error. On failure the current working directory shall remain unchanged. +.SH ERRORS +.LP +The \fIfchdir\fP() function shall fail if: +.TP 7 +.B EACCES +Search permission is denied for the directory referenced by \fIfildes\fP. +.TP 7 +.B EBADF +The \fIfildes\fP argument is not an open file descriptor. +.TP 7 +.B ENOTDIR +The open file descriptor \fIfildes\fP does not refer to a directory. +.sp +.LP +The \fIfchdir\fP() may fail if: +.TP 7 +.B EINTR +A signal was caught during the execution of \fIfchdir\fP(). +.TP 7 +.B EIO +An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system. +.sp +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +None. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIchdir\fP() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, +\fI<unistd.h>\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |