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