jBase Infobasic Command CHDIR

The CHDIR function allows the current working directory, as seen by the process environment, to be changed.

Command Syntax

CHDIR (expression)

Syntax Elements

The expression should evaluate to a valid path name within the file system. The function returns a Boolean TRUE result if the CHDIR succeeded and a Boolean FALSE result if it failed.

Example

IF CHDIR ("/usr/jBASIC/src") THEN
CRT "jBASE development system INSTALLED"
END
IF GETENV("JBASICGLOBALDIR", jgdir) THEN
IF CHDIR (jgdir:"\config") ELSE
CRT "jBASE configuration cannot be found."
ABORT
END
END