Re: questions about directory function

> * Don Cohen <[email protected]> [2018-01-27 15:37:35 +0000]:
>
> Impnotes says:
>  (DIRECTORY "/etc/*/") lists all subdirectories in the directory #P"/etc/".
>
> In my current build (on linux)
>  (directory "/etc/*/")
>  [../src/pathname.d:7223] 
>  *** - OS-FILE-ERROR(ENOENT): No such file or directory

This is a bug, please report a self-contained case at
https://sourceforge.net/p/clisp/bugs/.

> However the results I find somewhat surprising:
> The symbolic link
>   grub2.cfg -> ../boot/grub2/grub.cfg
> shows up as
>   #P"/boot/grub2/grub.cfg"
> Somehow I expected /etc/grub2.cfg.

As Pascal said, ANSI CL requires TRUENAME.

> What are the arguments for either choice?
> Perhaps this should be mentioned in impnotes.
>
> I see I can get both paths from the :full option.

Yes, this is the way to get the un-resolved name.

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