Re: PATCH 5.005_63 Document super-obscure feature of chdir()

[Tom Christiansen <tchrist@chthon.perl.com>]

>But the explicit algorithm should be mentioned too, since "home
>directory" is a concept with a very narrow scope.  (Which is a pity...)

I really don't think it should be spelt out.  I don't want to lock
us in in case the VMS people have their own notions, for example.

    =item chdir [EXPR]

    This function changes the current process's working directory
    to I<EXPR>, if possible.  If I<EXPR> is omitted, the caller's
    home directory is used.  The function returns true upon success,
    false otherwise, with the error code in C<$!>.

	chdir "$prefix/lib" 	or die "Can't cd to $prefix/lib: $!";

    See also the standard Cwd module, which lets you keep track of
    your current directory automatically.

--tom

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