Function

Summary

Returns the location of a file.

Signature

pathname-location pathname => location

Arguments

pathname

A pathname designator.

Values

location

A pathname.

Description

The function pathname-location returns a pathname location that represents the directory where the file pathname resides. Each of the name, type and version components of location are nil .

Example

Due to the ANSI Common Lisp definition of the directory function and the fact that LispWorks returns fully specified truenames, the form

(directory (truename "/tmp/"))

will always signal an error or return the list (#P"/tmp/") . To obtain the contents of the /tmp directory, use the form

(directory (pathname-location (truename "/tmp/")))

See also

current-pathname
directory