Re: chdir on linux does not work

On Wednesday 24 May 2006 02:49 am, Noprianto wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Anyone can tell me why this chdir code does not work on
> linux ?

If you  run this program in a terminal  it will do the chdir,
then restore the original directory when the program
exits.  Possibly this is what you are seeing?

>
> -> from what i read, chdir is system call number 12
>
>
> section .text
>         global _start
>
> _start:
>         mov eax, 12
>         mov ebx, dir
>         int 80h
>
>
>         mov eax, 1
>         mov ebx, 0
>         int 80h
>
>
>
> section .data
> dir:    db      '/bin'
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Pri
>
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