1System.chdir(3kaya)          Kaya module reference         System.chdir(3kaya)
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NAME

6       System::chdir - Change directory
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SYNOPSIS

9       Void chdir( String path )
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DESCRIPTION

12       Change  the  current working directory to another directory. The direc‐
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16    // currently in /home/me/working
17    chdir("sub"); // now in /home/me/working/sub
18    chdir("../../.."); // now in /home
19    chdir("/tmp"); // now in /tmp
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21       The function behaves in a similar fashion on Windows
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24    // currently in C:\kaya\programs
25    chdir("sub"); // now in C:\kaya\programs\sub
26    chdir("..\\.."); // now in C:\kaya
27    chdir("\\Program Files"); // now in C:\Program Files
28    chdir("F:\\data"); // now in F:\data
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30       Note the need to escape the backslashes used as a path separator.
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AUTHORS

33       Kaya  standard  library  by  Edwin  Brady,  Chris  Morris  and   others
34       (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
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LICENSE

37       The  Kaya  standard  library  is free software; you can redistribute it
38       and/or modify it under the terms  of  the  GNU  Lesser  General  Public
39       License  (version  2.1  or  any later version) as published by the Free
40       Software Foundation.
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44Kaya                             December 2010             System.chdir(3kaya)