Function

Summary

Returns the short form of a namestring.

Package

win32

Signature

short-namestring pathname => result

Arguments

pathname

A pathname designator.

Values

result

A string or nil.

Description

The function short-namestring first obtains the full namestring as if by cl:namestring, and then converts this namestring to the short form (in the Microsoft Windows meaning of "Short" paths).

If the translation succeeds then result is a string in the short form.

The translation may fail, in which case nil is returned.

See also

long-namestring