Location of cd executable

Question

I read that the executables for the commands issued using exec() calls are supposed to be stored in directories that are part of the PATH variable.

Accordingly, I fo

Answer 1

cd is a shell built-in, unfortunately.

$ type cd
cd is a shell builtin

...from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/whereis-cd-sudo-doesnt-find-cd-464767/

But you should be able to get it working with:

sh -c "cd /somedir; do something"