getdir

Return the current directory

Declaration

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procedure getdir(

drivenr: Byte;

var dir: shortstring

); procedure getdir(

drivenr: Byte;

var dir: ansistring

);

Description

Getdir returns in dir the current directory on the drive drivenr, where {drivenr} is 1 for the first floppy drive, 3 for the first hard disk etc. A value of 0 returns the directory on the current disk. On linux and unix systems, drivenr is ignored, as there is only one directory tree.

Errors

An error is returned under dos, if the drive requested isn't ready.

Example

Program Example29;

{ Program to demonstrate the GetDir function. }

Var S : String;

begin
  GetDir (0,S);
  Writeln ('Current directory is : ',S);
end.

Notes