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From: drears@ardec.arpa (Dennis G. Rears (FSAC))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re:  changing cwd after process exec
Message-ID: <13150@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 27 Apr 88 20:27:05 GMT
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Andrew:


->
->Hello,
->
->     Doe anyone know how I can change my cwd from within a program
->(run as a process) so when I leave that process, the change is still
->made?  I would like to be able to do it through C if possible.
->chdir(2) works to change the cwd but only within the program.  Is
->there any other way?
->
->			      A*n*d*r*e*w
->

    There is no way to do it easily.  Possible ways include
interprocess communication between parent and child, or have the
child write the new cwd to a file and have the parent read it and
chdir.  Other than that no.

dgr

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