# phpman > info > runsvchdir

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NAME
       runsvchdir - change services directory of [runsvdir(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/runsvdir/8/markdown)

SYNOPSIS
       runsvchdir dir

DESCRIPTION
       dir  is a services directory for the use with [runsvdir(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/runsvdir/8/markdown).  If dir does
       not start with a slash, it is searched  in  /etc/runit/runsvdir/.   dir
       must not start with a dot.

       runsvchdir  switches to the directory /etc/runit/runsvdir/, copies cur-
       rent to previous, and replaces current with a symlink pointing to dir.

       Normally /etc/service is a symlink to current, and [runsvdir(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/runsvdir/8/markdown) is  run-
       ning /etc/service/.

EXIT CODES
       runsvchdir  prints an error message and exits 111 on error.  runsvchdir
       exits 0 on success.

FILES
        /etc/runit/runsvdir/previous
        /etc/runit/runsvdir/current
        /etc/runit/runsvdir/current.new

SEE ALSO
       [runsvdir(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/runsvdir/8/markdown), [runit(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/runit/8/markdown), [runit-init(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/runit-init/8/markdown), [sv(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/sv/8/markdown), [runsv(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/runsv/8/markdown)

       <http://smarden.org/runit/>

AUTHOR
       Gerrit Pape <<pape@smarden.org>>

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