Re: make-pathname

Use :device "D:\\" in your make-pathname call.  The pathname
facilities won't work as expected if you treat the drive specifier as
a directory name prefix.

Jorge Tavares <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a simple question but until now I was unable to find an
> answer. Supose i want to make a function that writes into a file in a
> specified directory.
> 
> 
> For example:
> 
> (defun make-index ()
>    (with-open-file (str (make-pathname
>                          :name "index.html" :directory '(:absolute
>                          "webpage"))
> 
>                         :direction :output :if-exists :supersede
>                         :if-does-not-exist :create)
>      (html-stream str (:html
>                        (:head (:title "Test"))
>                        (:body (:h1 "Test")
>                               "HTML generator test.")))))
> 
> In this function, I can do what I want but with the exception of one
> minor detail: it saves the "index.html" in "C:\webpage". If I want the
> drive changed, for example "D:\webpage", what is the :absolute
> replacement? I've tried just puttng the string "D:\\webpage" but it
> always translate into "C:\<ACL DIR>\D:\webpage".
> 
> 
> What are the options for make-pathname? I've search the documentation
> but I was unable to find something this simple.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any kind of advice,
> Jorge Tavares
> 
> -- 
> Jorge Tavares
> http://www.dei.uc.pt/~jast
> 
> "Evolution is the best engineer."
> 
> 
> 

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