ChDir Procedure

ChDir Procedure

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Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem

Syntax

     ChDir(path) 

path (required; String)

The path of the directory to set as the new default or "current" directory

Description

The ChDir procedure changes the current working (default) directory.

Usage at a Glance

• path can be either an absolute path or a relative path from the current directory.

• Changing the default directory does not change the default drive; it only changes a particular drive's default directory.

• If the root of a drive is already the current directory, and you try to change to a parent directory (".."), no error occurs and the directory is not changed.

• An error occurs if the specified path does not exist.

• Networked drives can only be used with ChDir if they have been mapped to a local drive letter and that drive letter is used in path.

Example

     ChDir("c:\My Documents\My Folder\")     ChDir("..")  ' Uses the current directory's parent 

Version Differences

• ChDir was a statement in VB 6; it is now a procedure (a method of the FileSystem class) and requires parentheses around the path argument.

• Visual Basic 2005 includes a My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory property that provides similar functionality.

See Also

ChDrive Procedure, CurDir Function