GETCWD(3)

okay bestie, welcome to the GETCWD(3) page from the Library Functions Manual — it's giving “where am I?” but make it absolute path realness 💅

💖 NAME 💖

getcwd — return absolute path to current directory 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <ast.h>

char* getcwd(char* buf, size_t len);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so getcwd copies the absolute path name of the current directory info into buf of length len. no cap, that's the whole little mission 🫶

the return path may be longer than PATH_MAX — yes, bestie, it can really be that long 😭

if buff == 0 then space is allocated via malloc(3) and len extra characters are reserved after the generated path name. slay, built-in room for extra stuff ✨

a pointer to the path name is returned, 0 on error. periodt 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• pathcd(3) 👑

xoxo, your GETCWD(3) bestie 💖 — that's the page from the Library Functions Manual, with a footer that's literally just GETCWD(3) and no extra date/version tea, periodt ✨