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Change current working directory.
Source position: systemh.inc line 1367
procedure ChDir(  | 
const s: shortstring  | 
); overload;  | 
const s: RawByteString  | 
); overload;  | 
const s: unicodestring  | 
); overload;  | 
Chdir changes the working directory of the process to S.
Depending on the state of the {$I} switch, a runtime error can be generated if there is an error. In the {$I-} state, use IOResult to check for errors.
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Create a new directory.  | 
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Remove directory when empty.  | 
Program Example7; { Program to demonstrate the ChDir function. } begin {$I-} ChDir (ParamStr(1)); if IOresult<>0 then Writeln ('Cannot change to directory : ',paramstr (1)); end.