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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2004-04-22 14:36:18 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2004-04-22 14:36:18 (GMT)
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Documentation clarification from David Welton.
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: cd.n,v 1.3 2000/09/07 14:27:46 poenitz Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: cd.n,v 1.4 2004/04/22 14:36:30 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH cd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Change the current working directory to \fIdirName\fR, or to the
home directory (as specified in the HOME environment variable) if
\fIdirName\fR is not given.
Returns an empty string.
+Note that the current working directory is a per-process resource; the
+\fBcd\fR command changes the working directory for all interpreters
+and (in a threaded environment) all threads.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
filename(n), glob(n), pwd(n)