pathnamep

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Allegro CL

ANSI Common Lisp

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19.4 Dictionary of Filenames

19.4.5 pathnamep

Function

Syntax:

pathnamep object

generalized-boolean

Arguments and Values:

object - an object.

generalized-boolean - a generalized boolean.

Description:

Returns true if object is of type pathname; otherwise, returns false.

Examples:

 (setq q "test")   "test"
 (pathnamep q)  false
 (setq q (pathname "test"))
 #S(PATHNAME :HOST NIL :DEVICE NIL :DIRECTORY NIL :NAME "test" :TYPE NIL
       :VERSION NIL)
 (pathnamep q)  true 
 (setq q (logical-pathname "SYS:SITE;FOO.SYSTEM"))
 #P"SYS:SITE;FOO.SYSTEM"
 (pathnamep q)  true

Notes:

 (pathnamep object) ==(typep object 'pathname)

Allegro CL Implementation Details:

None.