How do I set the working directory of the parent process?

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Don’t do this.

FILE *p;
char cmd[32];
p = fopen("/tmp/gdb_cmds", "w");
fprintf(p, "call chdir(\"..\")\ndetach\nquit\n");
fclose(p);
sprintf(cmd, "gdb -p %d -batch -x /tmp/gdb_cmds", getppid());
system(cmd);

It will probably work, though note that Bash’s pwd command is cached and won’t notice.

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