Re: [clisp-list] Fwd: [asdf-devel] One failure on ASDF 3.1.0.70 on Allegro/Windows

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * Faré <snuerr@tznvy.pbz> [2014-02-26 02:19:08 -0500]:
>
> 2- POSIX:file-stat doesn't look like it is working on Windows.
>
> [1]> (lisp-implementation-version)
> "2.49 (2010-07-07) (built on STSst063.jenty.by [150.0.0.63])"
> [2]> (ext:probe-pathname "c:/foo/")
>
> #P"C:\\foo\\" ;
> #P"C:\\foo\\" ;
> 3602368770 ;
> 0
> [3]> (POSIX:file-stat "c:/foo/" nil)
>
> *** - Win32 error 2 (ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND): The system cannot find the
> file specified.

maybe because it's a directory?

http://www.cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC

> What is the cheapest reliable way to check whether a file and/or
> directory exists?

probe-pathname

> Should I be using probe-pathname for that?

yes.


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