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