[clisp-list] DELETE-FILE & TRUENAME

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

DELETE-FILE in CLISP deletes the truename of the file, so you cannot
delete a symbolic link, only its target:

$ touch foo
$ ln -s foo bar
$ clisp -q -norc -x '(delete-file "foo")
$ ls
foo
$

i.e., `bar' is gone, but `foo' is still there.

I think it is better to remove the symlink.
(the current behavior is always available with (DELETE-FILE (TRUENAME x))).

comments?

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