[Gcl-devel] Re: directory/truename transition

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Waldek Hebisch wrote:

| Important thing is that clisp file handling can loose some functionality
| -- currently I do not know how to rename directory using clisp
| (apparently clisp 'rename-file' does not work on directories).

I believe that is OK by ANSI spec.

| Similarly, I do not not how to delete empty directory using clisp.

There is nothing in ANSI spec for deleting directories -- you
can create them, but you can't remove them using only ANSI spec.

I believe Camm recently offered to provide an extension if sufficient
interest is expressed.

[...]

| change directory
| make directory (done via C)
| get current directory name
| get absolute name of a directory
| delete file or directory
| rename file or directory
| find all files matching pattern "*.NRLIB/index.KAF"
| recursively copy directory with content (currently invokes the 'cp' program)
| copy file (likewise)


OK.

-- Gaby