Changing Directories

Use OPENVM SET DIRECTORY or the cd shell command to change from one working directory to another. If you have permission to access the directory, you can move to any directory in the byte file system by using one of these commands and the path name for the directory:

OPENVM SET DIRECTORY pathname
   or
cd pathname

See Handling Security for Your Files for more information on directory permissions.

When you want to go to your home directory, just enter the cd shell command with no arguments:

cd

To change to a directory other than your home directory, you must supply the path name. For example, if Alice Smith is working in her home directory (/u/smitha) and she wants to switch to her projectb directory, she enters:

OPENVM SET DIRECTORY projectb
   or
cd projectb

To check that she has changed directories, Alice enters:

OPENVM QUERY DIRECTORY
   or
pwd

and the system displays (for pwd): /u/smitha/projectb.