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| 1 | '\" |
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| 2 | '\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. |
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| 3 | '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
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| 4 | '\" |
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| 5 | '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution |
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| 6 | '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. |
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| 7 | '\" |
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| 8 | '\" RCS: @(#) $Id: cd.n,v 1.9 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $ |
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| 9 | '\" |
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| 10 | .so man.macros |
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| 11 | .TH cd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" |
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| 12 | .BS |
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| 13 | '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! |
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| 14 | .SH NAME |
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| 15 | cd \- Change working directory |
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| 16 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 17 | \fBcd \fR?\fIdirName\fR? |
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| 18 | .BE |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 21 | .PP |
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| 22 | Change the current working directory to \fIdirName\fR, or to the |
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| 23 | home directory (as specified in the HOME environment variable) if |
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| 24 | \fIdirName\fR is not given. |
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| 25 | Returns an empty string. |
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| 26 | Note that the current working directory is a per-process resource; the |
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| 27 | \fBcd\fR command changes the working directory for all interpreters |
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| 28 | and (in a threaded environment) all threads. |
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| 29 | .SH EXAMPLES |
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| 30 | Change to the home directory of the user \fBfred\fR: |
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| 31 | .CS |
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| 32 | \fBcd\fR ~fred |
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| 33 | .CE |
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| 34 | .PP |
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| 35 | Change to the directory \fBlib\fR that is a sibling directory of the |
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| 36 | current one: |
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| 37 | .CS |
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| 38 | \fBcd\fR ../lib |
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| 39 | .CE |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
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| 42 | filename(n), glob(n), pwd(n) |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | .SH KEYWORDS |
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| 45 | working directory |
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