changing cwd after process exec
Dennis G. Rears FSAC
drears at ardec.arpa
Thu Apr 28 06:27:05 AEST 1988
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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