_getdcwd

Gets current directory for specified drive.

Defined in header <direct.h>

Syntax

#include <direct.h>
char * _getdcwd(int  drive, char *buffer,intbuflen);

Portability

Remarks

_getdcwd gets the full path name of the working directory of the specified drive (including the drive name), up to buflen bytes long, and stores it in buffer. If the full path name length (including the null-terminator) is longer than buflen, an error occurs. The drive is 0 for the default drive, 1=A, 2=B, etc.

If buffer is NULL, _getdcwd will allocate a buffer at least buflen bytes long. You can later free the allocated buffer by passing the _getdcwd return value to the free function.

Return value

If successful, _getdcwd returns a pointer to the buffer containing the current directory for the specified drive. Otherwise it returns NULL, and sets the global variable errno to one of the following:

ERANGE Directory name longer than buflen {buffer is not NULL)

See also

• chdir
• getcwd
• _getdrive
• mkdir
• rmdir

Example

#include <direct.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void mainO

   char buf[65];
   if (_getdcwd(3, buf, sizeof(buf)) == NULL)
       perror("Unable to get current directory of drive C");
   else
       printf("Current directory of drive C is %s\n",buf);

Differences from modern implementations

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Modern references

• Microsoft C runtime (search)

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Extraction notes

• heading `.getdcwd` read as `_getdcwd`

Stable link: /3.1/direct.h/_getdcwd/ · short form /3.1/_getdcwd/