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procedure ChDir (Directory: String);
ChDir
changes the current directory to Directory, if its
argument is a valid parameter to the related operating system's function.
Otherwise, a runtime error is caused.
ChDir
is a Borland Pascal extension.
program ChDirDemo; var Foo: String (127); begin WriteLn ('Enter directory name to change to:'); ReadLn (Foo); {$I-} { Don't abort the program on error } ChDir (Foo); if IOResult <> 0 then WriteLn ('Cannot change to directory `', Foo, '''.') else WriteLn ('Okay.') end.