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<b>Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition</b>
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<B> Next:</B> <A NAME=tex2html4156 HREF="node209.html"> Syntax of Logical </A>
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<H2><A NAME=SECTION002715000000000000000>23.1.5. Logical Pathnames</A></H2>
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<A NAME=LOGICALPATHNAMESSECTION>Pathname</A>
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values are not portable, but sometimes they must be mentioned in a
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program (for example, the names of files containing the program and the
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data used by the program).
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X3J13 voted in June 1989 (PATHNAME-LOGICAL) <A NAME=26479> </A> to provide
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some facilities for portable pathname values. The idea is to provide
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a portable framework for pathname values; these logical pathnames
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are then mapped to physical (that is, actual) pathnames by a set of implementation-dependent
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or site-dependent rules. The logical pathname facility therefore
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separates the concerns of program writing and user software architecture
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from the details of how a software system is embedded in a particular
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file system or operating environment.
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Pathname values are not portable because not all Common Lisp
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implementations use the same operating system and file name syntax varies
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widely among operating systems. In addition, corresponding files at two
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different sites may have different names even when the operating system
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is the same; for example, they may be on different directories or
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different devices. The Common Lisp logical pathname system defines
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a particular pathname structure and namestring syntax that must be supported
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by all implementations.
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<BR><b>[Class]</b><BR>
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<tt>logical-pathname</tt><P>This is a subclass of <tt>pathname</tt>.
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4159 HREF="node209.html#SECTION002715100000000000000"> Syntax of Logical Pathname Namestrings</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4160 HREF="node210.html#SECTION002715200000000000000"> Parsing of Logical Pathname Namestrings</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4161 HREF="node211.html#SECTION002715300000000000000"> Using Logical Pathnames</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4162 HREF="node212.html#SECTION002715400000000000000"> Examples of the Use of Logical Pathnames</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4163 HREF="node213.html#SECTION002715500000000000000"> Discussion of Logical Pathnames</A>
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