ChangeDirectory

PowerScript function

Description

Changes the current directory.

Syntax

ChangeDirectory ( directoryname )

1	ChangeDirectory ( directoryname )

Argument	Description
directoryname	String for the name of the directory you want to set as the current directory

Return value

Integer.

Returns 1 if the function succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Examples

This example changes the current directory to the parent directory
of the current directory and displays the new current directory in a
SingleLineEdit control:

ChangeDirectory( ".." )
sle_1.text= GetCurrentDirectory( )

1 2	ChangeDirectory( ".." ) sle_1.text= GetCurrentDirectory( )

See also

CreateDirectory

GetCurrentDirectory

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