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19 Filenames  19.2 Pathnames 19.2.2 Interpreting Pathname Component Values 19.2.2.1 Strings in Component Values
19.2.2.1.1 Special Characters in Pathname Components
Strings in pathname component values
never contain special characters that represent
separation between pathname fields,
such as slash in Unix filenames.
Whether separator characters are permitted as
part of a string in a pathname component
is implementation-defined;
however, if the implementation does permit it,
it must arrange to properly "quote" the character for the
file system when constructing a namestring.
For example,
;; In a TOPS-20 implementation, which uses ^V to quote
(NAMESTRING (MAKE-PATHNAME :HOST "OZ" :NAME "<TEST>"))
 #P"OZ:PS:^V<TEST^V>"
NOT#P"OZ:PS:<TEST>"
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