chdir

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

Synopsis

long chdir(const char *filename);

Number (x86-64)	80
ABI	common
Kernel entry point	sys_chdir

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Description

Changes the current working directory to a path.

Arguments

Name	Type	Meaning
filename (arg0)	const char *	Path of the file, as a NUL-terminated string in user memory.

Return value

On success: 0.

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Common errors

Raw return	Name	Meaning
-13	EACCES	Permission denied.
-2	ENOENT	A path component or the named object does not exist.
-20	ENOTDIR	A path component is not a directory.

Man page

chdir(2) on man7.org

Captured by Antinomie

Coverage mark: Implemented. Every pointer argument has a capture rule in the pinned kernel patch and none of them records a “no decoder”, “address only” or “not observed” gap on any code path. Individual values can still be incomplete on a particular call; see the capture statuses.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Arguments

Argument	When	How	Recorded field key	Condition
filename (arg0)	Entry	the pointer itself, as a raw word	args.0, args.raw[0]
↳ pointee	Entry	NUL-terminated string, up to 4,096 bytes (PATH_MAX)	arg0.path	always

Filter fields

• Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
• Argument words: args.filename (arg0); args.0 to args.5 by position.
• Captured strings: the args.<name> field of a path argument, and args.path, give the captured text instead of the pointer.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.