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Next: <a href="Input_002fOutput.html#Input_002fOutput" accesskey="n" rel="next">Input/Output</a>, Previous: <a href="Environment.html#Environment" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Environment</a>, Up: <a href="Running.html#Running" accesskey="u" rel="up">Running</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<h3 class="section">4.5 Your Program’s Working Directory</h3>
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<p>Each time you start your program with <code>run</code>, the inferior will be
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initialized with the current working directory specified by the
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<kbd>set cwd</kbd> command. If no directory has been specified by this
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command, then the inferior will inherit <small>GDB</small>’s current working
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directory as its working directory if native debugging, or it will
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inherit the remote server’s current working directory if remote
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debugging.
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<dd><a name="index-set-cwd"></a>
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<a name="index-change-inferior_0027s-working-directory"></a>
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<a name="set-cwd-command"></a></dd>
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<dt><code>set cwd <span class="roman">[</span><var>directory</var><span class="roman">]</span></code></dt>
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<dd><p>Set the inferior’s working directory to <var>directory</var>, which will be
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<code>glob</code>-expanded in order to resolve tildes (<samp>~</samp>). If no
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argument has been specified, the command clears the setting and resets
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it to an empty state. This setting has no effect on <small>GDB</small>’s
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working directory, and it only takes effect the next time you start
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the inferior. The <samp>~</samp> in <var>directory</var> is a short for the
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<em>home directory</em>, usually pointed to by the <code>HOME</code> environment
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variable. On MS-Windows, if <code>HOME</code> is not defined, <small>GDB</small>
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uses the concatenation of <code>HOMEDRIVE</code> and <code>HOMEPATH</code> as
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fallback.
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<p>You can also change <small>GDB</small>’s current working directory by using
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the <code>cd</code> command.
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See <a href="#cd-command">cd command</a>.
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<dt><code>show cwd</code></dt>
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<dd><p>Show the inferior’s working directory. If no directory has been
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specified by <kbd>set cwd</kbd>, then the default inferior’s working
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directory is the same as <small>GDB</small>’s working directory.
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<a name="cd-command"></a></dd>
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<dt><code>cd <span class="roman">[</span><var>directory</var><span class="roman">]</span></code></dt>
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<dd><p>Set the <small>GDB</small> working directory to <var>directory</var>. If not
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given, <var>directory</var> uses <samp>'~'</samp>.
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<p>The <small>GDB</small> working directory serves as a default for the
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commands that specify files for <small>GDB</small> to operate on.
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See <a href="Files.html#Files">Commands to Specify Files</a>.
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See <a href="#set-cwd-command">set cwd command</a>.
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<dt><code>pwd</code></dt>
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<dd><p>Print the <small>GDB</small> working directory.
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<p>It is generally impossible to find the current working directory of
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the process being debugged (since a program can change its directory
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during its run). If you work on a system where <small>GDB</small> supports
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the <code>info proc</code> command (see <a href="Process-Information.html#Process-Information">Process Information</a>), you can
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use the <code>info proc</code> command to find out the
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current working directory of the debuggee.
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