|  | ANSI Common Lisp  19 Filenames  19.4 Dictionary of Filenames 
 
| 19.4.14  pathname-match-p | Function |  
 
 Syntax:
pathname-match-p
pathname wildcard
   generalized-boolean 
Arguments and Values:
pathname - a pathname designator.
wildcard - a designator for a wild pathname.
 
generalized-boolean - a generalized boolean.
 
Description:
pathname-match-p returns true if 
pathname matches wildcard, otherwise nil.  The 
matching rules are implementation-defined but should be consistent with 
directory. Missing components of wildcard default to :wild.
It is valid for pathname to be a wild pathname; 
a wildcard field in pathname only matches a
wildcard field in wildcard (i.e.,  
pathname-match-p is not commutative).
It is valid for wildcard to be a non-wild pathname.
 
Exceptional Situations:
If pathname or wildcard is not a pathname, string, 
or stream associated with a file an error of type type-error is signaled.
See Also:
directory,
pathname,
logical-pathname,
Section 20.1 File System Concepts,
Section 19.1.2 Pathnames as Filenames
 
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None. |