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Function

pathname-match-p

pathname-match-p pathname wildcard ⇒ generalized-boolean

Arguments and Values

pathnamea pathname designator.
wildcarda designator for a wild pathname.
generalized-booleana generalized boolean.

Description

pathname-match-p returns true if pathname matches wildcard, otherwise nil. The matching rules are implementation-defined but should be consistent with directory. Missing components of wildcard default to :wild.

It is valid for pathname to be a wild pathname; a wildcard field in pathname only matches a wildcard field in wildcard (i.e., pathname-match-p is not commutative). It is valid for wildcard to be a non-wild pathname.

Exceptional Situations

If pathname or wildcard is not a pathname, string, or stream associated with a file an error of type type-error is signaled.

See Also

directory, pathname, logical-pathname, File System Concepts,

Pathnames as Filenames

Backlinks

Filenames Dictionary, Pathnames as Filenames, Stream Arguments to Standardized Functions, Symbols in the COMMON-LISP Package, translate-logical-pathname