The GNU Fortran Compiler: GETCWD

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### 9.123 `GETCWD` — Get current working directory

Description:

  Get current working directory.

  This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Standard:

  GNU extension

Class:

  Subroutine, function

Syntax:

  `CALL GETCWD(C [, STATUS])`
  `STATUS = GETCWD(C)`

Arguments:

  C | The type shall be `CHARACTER` and of default kind.
  STATUS | (Optional) status flag. Returns 0 on success, a system specific and nonzero error code otherwise.

Example:

      PROGRAM test_getcwd
        CHARACTER(len=255) :: cwd
        CALL getcwd(cwd)
        WRITE(*,*) TRIM(cwd)
      END PROGRAM

See also:

  CHDIR