*directory-link-transparency* Variable

Summary

Controls whether directory returns truenames on Unix-like systems.

Package

system

Initial Value

t on non-Windows platforms, nil on Microsoft Windows.

Description

In line with the ANSI Common Lisp standard, directory returns truenames by default.

Setting the variable *directory-link-transparency* to nil allows you to get the old behavior of directory, whereby soft links are not resolved in the pathnames returned.

*directory-link-transparency* is the default value of the link-transparency argument to directory.

See also

directory