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<h3 class="section">4.5 Your Program's Working Directory</h3>

<p><a name="index-working-directory-_0028of-your-program_0029-119"></a>Each time you start your program with <code>run</code>, it inherits its
working directory from the current working directory of <span class="sc">gdb</span>. 
The <span class="sc">gdb</span> working directory is initially whatever it inherited
from its parent process (typically the shell), but you can specify a new
working directory in <span class="sc">gdb</span> with the <code>cd</code> command.

   <p>The <span class="sc">gdb</span> working directory also serves as a default for the commands
that specify files for <span class="sc">gdb</span> to operate on.  See <a href="Files.html#Files">Commands to Specify Files</a>.

     
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<dl><dt><code>cd </code><var>directory</var><dd>Set the <span class="sc">gdb</span> working directory to <var>directory</var>.

     <p><a name="index-pwd-122"></a><br><dt><code>pwd</code><dd>Print the <span class="sc">gdb</span> 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 <span class="sc">gdb</span> is
configured with the <samp><span class="file">/proc</span></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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