</a>
<a name="Item_003a-getcurrentdirectory"></a>
</p><dl>
<dt><u>Function:</u> <b>getcurrentdirectory</b><i> ()</i>
<a name="IDX2362"></a>
</dt>
<dd><p>returns the current working directory.
</p>
<p>See also <code><a href="maxima_13.html#directory">directory</a></code>.
</p>
</dd></dl>

<p>Examples:
</p>
<pre class="example">(%i1) load(&quot;operatingsystem&quot;)$
(%i2) mkdir(&quot;testdirectory&quot;)$
(%i3) chdir(&quot;testdirectory&quot;)$
(%i4) chdir(&quot;..&quot;)$
(%i5) rmdir(&quot;testdirectory&qu