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9.40 ChDir

Synopsis

 
procedure ChDir (Directory: String);

Description

`ChDir' changes the current directory to Directory, if its argument is a valid parameter to the related operating system's function. Otherwise, a runtime error is caused.

Conforming to

`ChDir' is a Borland Pascal extension.

Example

 
program ChDirDemo;
var
  Foo: String (127);
begin
  WriteLn ('Enter directory name to change to:');
  ReadLn (Foo);
  {$I-}  { Don't abort the program on error }
  ChDir (Foo);
  if IOResult <> 0 then
    WriteLn ('Cannot change to directory `', foo, '''.')
  else
    WriteLn ('Okay.')
end.

See also

section 9.161 MkDir, section 9.234 RmDir



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