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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

MkDir, RmDir