Use :device "D:\\" in your make-pathname call. The pathname
facilities won't work as expected if you treat the drive specifier as
a directory name prefix.
Jorge Tavares <dei.uc.pt at jast> writes:
> Hi,
>
> This is a simple question but until now I was unable to find an
> answer. Supose i want to make a function that writes into a file in a
> specified directory.
>
>
> For example:
>
> (defun make-index ()
> (with-open-file (str (make-pathname
> :name "index.html" :directory '(:absolute
> "webpage"))
>
> :direction :output :if-exists :supersede
> :if-does-not-exist :create)
> (html-stream str (:html
> (:head (:title "Test"))
> (:body (:h1 "Test")
> "HTML generator test.")))))
>
> In this function, I can do what I want but with the exception of one
> minor detail: it saves the "index.html" in "C:\webpage". If I want the
> drive changed, for example "D:\webpage", what is the :absolute
> replacement? I've tried just puttng the string "D:\\webpage" but it
> always translate into "C:\<ACL DIR>\D:\webpage".
>
>
> What are the options for make-pathname? I've search the documentation
> but I was unable to find something this simple.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any kind of advice,
> Jorge Tavares
>
> --
> Jorge Tavares
>
http://www.dei.uc.pt/~jast
>
> "Evolution is the best engineer."
>
>
>