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8.101 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