9.116 GETCWD — Get current working directory

Description:

Get current working directory.

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:

CALL GETCWD(C [, STATUS])

STATUS = GETCWD(C)

Arguments:

C	The type shall be CHARACTER and of default kind.
STATUS	(Optional) status flag. Returns 0 on success, a system specific and nonzero error code otherwise.

Example:

PROGRAM test_getcwd
  CHARACTER(len=255) :: cwd
  CALL getcwd(cwd)
  WRITE(*,*) TRIM(cwd)
END PROGRAM

See also:

CHDIR