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| <h3 class="section">4.5 Your Program’s Working Directory</h3> |
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| <p>Each time you start your program with <code>run</code>, it inherits its |
| working directory from the current working directory of <small>GDB</small>. |
| The <small>GDB</small> working directory is initially whatever it inherited |
| from its parent process (typically the shell), but you can specify a new |
| working directory in <small>GDB</small> with the <code>cd</code> command. |
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| <p>The <small>GDB</small> working directory also serves as a default for the commands |
| that specify files for <small>GDB</small> to operate on. See <a href="Files.html#Files">Commands to |
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| <dd><a name="index-cd"></a> |
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| <dt><code>cd <span class="roman">[</span><var>directory</var><span class="roman">]</span></code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Set the <small>GDB</small> working directory to <var>directory</var>. If not |
| given, <var>directory</var> uses <samp>'~'</samp>. |
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| <dt><code>pwd</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Print the <small>GDB</small> working directory. |
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| <p>It is generally impossible to find the current working directory of |
| the process being debugged (since a program can change its directory |
| during its run). If you work on a system where <small>GDB</small> is |
| configured with the <samp>/proc</samp> support, you can use the <code>info |
| proc</code> command (see <a href="SVR4-Process-Information.html#SVR4-Process-Information">SVR4 Process Information</a>) to find out the |
| current working directory of the debuggee. |
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