Hello again,
First, I would like to thank eevryone who answered my question. I can
see now the better use for the diferent keywords in make-pathname.
Jorge
John M. Adams wrote:
> 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."
>>
>>
>>
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