DPNS_CHDIR

Section: DPNS Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2001/10/04 12:12:42 $
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NAME

dpns_chdir - change DPNS current directory used by the name server  

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"

int dpns_chdir (const char *path)  

DESCRIPTION

dpns_chdir changes the DPNS current directory used by the name server to expand DPNS pathnames not beginning with /. This current working directory is stored in a thread-safe variable in the client.
path
specifies the logical pathname relative to the current DPNS directory or the full DPNS pathname.
 

RETURN VALUE

This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.  

ERRORS

ENOENT
The named directory does not exist or is a null pathname.
EACCES
Search permission is denied on any component of path.
EFAULT
path is a NULL pointer.
ENOTDIR
A component of path prefix is not a directory.
ENAMETOOLONG
The length of path exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length of a path component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.
SENOSHOST
Host unknown.
SENOSSERV
Service unknown.
SECOMERR
Communication error.
ENSNACT
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.
 

SEE ALSO

Castor_limits(4)  

AUTHOR

LCG Grid Deployment Team