Re: [clisp-list] Path handling weirdness: names starting with dot.

[Peter W. <pet...@wo...>]

Hi

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 02:03:54PM -0800, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> (with-open-file (f ".cvsignore" :direction :output) ...)
> 
> *** - no file name given: #P"/some/path/to/.cvsignore"
> 

Clisp thinks the bit after the dot is the type, not the name.

#<output buffered file-stream character #P"/home/prw/dot.txt" @1>
[2]> (pathname-name #P".inputrc")
nil
[3]> (pathname-type #P".inputrc")
"inputrc"
[4]> (pathname-name (make-pathname :name ".inputrc"))
".inputrc"
[5]> (dribble)

:-(

Regards,
Peter