SetCurrentDirectory
The SetCurrentDirectory
function changes the current directory for the current process.
BOOL SetCurrentDirectory(
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LPCTSTR lpPathName |
// address of name
of new current directory |
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); |
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Parameters
lpPathName
Points to a
null-terminated string that specifies the path to the new current directory.
This parameter may be a relative path or a fully qualified path. In either
case, the fully qualified path of the specified directory is calculated and
stored as the current directory.
Return Values
If the
function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.
If the
function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information,
call GetLastError.
Remarks
Each process
has a single current directory made up of two parts:
A disk designator that is
either a drive letter followed by a colon, or a server name and share name (\\servername\sharename)
A directory on the disk
designator
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