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Dir.chdir
static VALUE
dir_s_chdir(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
VALUE path = Qnil;
if (rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) == 1) {
path = rb_str_encode_ospath(rb_get_path(argv[0]));
}
else {
const char *dist = getenv("HOME");
if (!dist) {
dist = getenv("LOGDIR");
if (!dist) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "HOME/LOGDIR not set");
}
path = rb_str_new2(dist);
}
if (chdir_blocking > 0) {
if (rb_thread_current() != chdir_thread)
rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "conflicting chdir during another chdir block");
if (!rb_block_given_p())
rb_warn("conflicting chdir during another chdir block");
}
if (rb_block_given_p()) {
struct chdir_data args;
args.old_path = rb_str_encode_ospath(rb_dir_getwd());
args.new_path = path;
args.done = FALSE;
return rb_ensure(chdir_yield, (VALUE)&args, chdir_restore, (VALUE)&args);
}
else {
char *p = RSTRING_PTR(path);
int r = (int)(VALUE)rb_thread_call_without_gvl(nogvl_chdir, p,
RUBY_UBF_IO, 0);
if (r < 0)
rb_sys_fail_path(path);
}
return INT2FIX(0);
}
Changes the current working directory of the process to the given string. When called without an argument, changes the directory to the value of the environment variable HOME, or LOGDIR. SystemCallError (probably Errno::ENOENT) if the target directory does not exist.
If a block is given, it is passed the name of the new current directory, and the block is executed with that as the current directory. The original working directory is restored when the block exits. The return value of chdir is the value of the block. chdir blocks can be nested, but in a multi-threaded program an error will be raised if a thread attempts to open a chdir block while another thread has one open or a call to chdir without a block occurs inside a block passed to chdir (even in the same thread).
Dir.chdir("/var/spool/mail") puts Dir.pwd Dir.chdir("/tmp") do puts Dir.pwd Dir.chdir("/usr") do puts Dir.pwd end puts Dir.pwd end puts Dir.pwd
produces:
/var/spool/mail /tmp /usr /tmp /var/spool/mail