Name
ChDir Procedure
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem
Syntax
ChDir(path)
-
path
(required; String) The path of the directory to set as the new default directory
Description
Changes the current working (default) directory.
Rules at a Glance
path
can be an absolute or relative reference.Changing the default directory does not change the default drive; it only changes a particular drive’s default directory.
Example
ChDir("c:\program files\my folder\") ChDir("..") 'c:\program files is now the default directory.
Programming Tips and Gotchas
The single dot (
"."
) represents the current directory and the double dot (".."
) represents the parent of the current directory. If the root directory is the current directory, the statement:ChDir("..")
does not change the current directory and does not produce a syntax error.
If
path
is not found, or a FileNotFoundExeception exception, 76, “Path not found,” is generated. However, ifpath
refers to another machine on the network, error 75, “Path/File access error,” is generated.Although you can use a network path such as \\NTSERV1\d$\TestDir\ to change the current directory on the network admin share \\NTSERV1\d$, you can’t access this drive using ChDrive without having the drive mapped to a drive letter, which makes using network paths with ChDir a little pointless!
Use CurDir to determine the current directory for a particular drive.
VB.NET/VB 6 Differences
In VB.NET, ChDir is implemented as a procedure (a method of the FileSystem class). In VB 6, it ...
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