If called with no arguments, currentdir returns the current working directory as a Maple string.

If called with one argument, which must be a Maple string or symbol, currentdir sets the current working directory to the specified directory.  The currentdir command returns the previous working directory as a Maple string.

The set of characters that are permitted in directory names is system dependent. Likewise, the character used to separate the components of a directory is system dependent. If the backslash character is to appear in the string, it must be doubled up, since Maple strings use the backslash character as an escape character.

If the specified directory does not exist, or cannot be accessed for some other reason, currentdir will generate an error.

The kernelopts(homedir) command determines the path to the current home directory.

Changing the current directory does not affect library paths that were specified in a relative way on the Maple command line; all such library paths become fully qualified (ie. absolute) when Maple starts. However, library paths specified subsequently (that is, by assignment to libname) may become invalid if they were relative, and the current directory is later changed.

The current directory is not affected by the restart command.