ID Number: Q71760
3.00
WINDOWS
Summary:
To get or set the current drive or directory in an application
developed for the Microsoft Windows environment, use functions
provided by the Microsoft C run-time library. The functions listed
below are compatible with Windows and are documented in the "Microsoft
C Reference" version 6.0 and in the associated QuickHelp on-line help
file. Some of the functions listed below are not available in
Microsoft C version 5.1.
Note: Any time an application gets or sets the current drive, it
should get or set the current directory.
Function Use
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chdir Changes current working directory.
_chdrive Changes current drive.
_dos_getdrive Gets the current default drive, using MS-DOS
Interrupt 21h Function 19h.
_dos_setdrive Sets the default disk drive, using MS-DOS
Interrupt 21h Function 0Eh.
getcwd Gets current working directory.
_getdcwd Gets current working directory for the specified drive.
_getdrive Gets the current disk drive.
mkdir Makes a new directory.
rmdir Removes a directory.
_searchenv Searches for a given file on specified paths.
Additional reference words: 3.00 5.10 6.00 retrieve