Re: chdir on linux does not work

Brian Raiter <[email protected]> Wed, 24 May 2006 00:15:19 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-assembly
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Adding a call to sys_getcwd (__NR_ 183) (why is this man 3, not man
> 2 ???)

Good question, actually. I don't know.

>> You can't e.g. write a replacement for shell's builtin "cd"
>> command that way.
> 
> Okay, how *would* we do that?

It is simply not possible. Like setenv, cd absolutely must be a shell
builtin.

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