chdir

Synopsis

chdir("/tmp") or die "Cannot chdir: $!";
chdir($dir);
chdir();         # changes to $HOME
chdir("");       # also changes to $HOME

Description

Changes the process’s current working directory.

Changes the working directory to the specified path. If called with no argument or an empty string, changes to the directory specified by the HOME environment variable (or / if HOME is not set).

Returns 1 on success, undef on failure.

See also

mkdir, rmdir, Cwd, getcwd