.\" @(#)getcwd.3f 1.3 86/01/02 SMI; from UCB 4.2
.TH GETCWD 3F "07 July 1995"
.SH NAME
getcwd \- get the path name of the current working directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.\"
.IX getcwd "" \fLgetcwd\fP
.IX "current working directory: get current working directory getcwd" "" "current working directory: get current working directory \&\fLgetcwd\fP"
.IX get "current working directory getcwd" "" "current working directory: \&\fLgetcwd\fR"
.IX directory "get current working directory getcwd" "" "get current working directory: \&\fLgetcwd\fR"
.\"
.B integer function getcwd (dirname)
.br
.B character*(*) dirname
.SH DESCRIPTION
The path name of the default directory for creating and locating files
is returned in
.br
.IR dirname .
The value of the function is zero if successful, an error code otherwise.
.SH FILES
.B libF77.a
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR chdir (3F), 
.BR perror (3F), 
.BR getwd (3)
.SH BUGS
Path names cannot be longer than 
.B MAXPATHLEN 
as defined in 
.BR <sys/param.h> .