Can chdir() accept relative paths?

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In C on linux, can the chdir() function accept a relative path?

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Matthew Slattery On BEST ANSWER

Yes. The current working directory is a property of the process.


To expand on that a little - here are a couple of the relevant POSIX definitions:

  • The current working directory is defined as "a directory, associated with a process, that is used in pathname resolution for pathnames that do not begin with a slash character" (there is more detail in the section on pathname resolution).

  • chdir() is defined to set the current working directory to a pathname.

It seems somewhat circular, but there is nothing special about a "pathname" in the context of the argument chdir(); it is subject to pathname resolution as normal.