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'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
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'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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'\"
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
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'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
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.TH cd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
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.so man.macros
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.BS
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'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
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.SH NAME
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cd \- Change working directory
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBcd \fR?\fIdirName\fR?
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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Change the current working directory to \fIdirName\fR, or to the
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home directory (as specified in the HOME environment variable) if
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\fIdirName\fR is not given.
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Returns an empty string.
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Note that the current working directory is a per-process resource; the
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\fBcd\fR command changes the working directory for all interpreters
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and (in a threaded environment) all threads.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.PP
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Change to the home directory of the user \fBfred\fR:
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.PP
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.CS
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\fBcd\fR ~fred
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.CE
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.PP
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Change to the directory \fBlib\fR that is a sibling directory of the
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current one:
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.PP
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.CS
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\fBcd\fR ../lib
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.CE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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filename(n), glob(n), pwd(n)
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.SH KEYWORDS
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working directory
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