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<h5 class="subsubsection">16.3.2.2 Filenames</h5>
<p><a name="Type-sb_002dposix_003afilename"></a>
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— Type: <b>sb-posix:filename</b><var><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003afilename-624"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003afilename-625"></a>A <code>string</code> designating a filename in native namestring syntax.
<p>Note that native namestring syntax is distinct from Lisp namestring syntax:
<pre class="lisp"> (pathname "/foo*/bar")
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<p>is a wild pathname with a pattern-matching directory component.
<code>sb-ext:parse-native-namestring</code> may be used to construct Lisp pathnames that
denote <code>posix</code> filenames as understood by system calls, and
<code>sb-ext:native-namestring</code> can be used to coerce them into strings in the native
namestring syntax.
<p>Note also that <code>posix</code> filename syntax does not distinguish the names of files
from the names of directories: in order to parse the name of a directory in
<code>posix</code> filename syntax into a pathname <code>my-defaults</code> for which
<pre class="lisp"> (merge-pathnames (make-pathname :name "FOO" :case :common)
my-defaults)
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<p>returns a pathname that denotes a file in the directory, supply a true
<code>:as-directory</code> argument to <code>sb-ext:parse-native-namestring</code>. Likewise, to supply
the name of a directory to a <code>posix</code> function in non-directory syntax, supply a
true <code>:as-file</code> argument to <code>sb-ext:native-namestring</code>.
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<p><a name="Type-sb_002dposix_003afilename_002ddesignator"></a>
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— Type: <b>sb-posix:filename-designator</b><var><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003afilename_002ddesignator-626"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003afilename_002ddesignator-627"></a>Designator for a <code>filename:</code> a <code>string</code> designating itself, or a
designator for a <code>pathname</code> designating the corresponding native namestring.
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<p><a name="Function-sb_002dposix_003afilename"></a>
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— Function: <b>sb-posix:filename</b><var> filename<a name="index-sb_002dposix_003afilename-628"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003afilename-629"></a>Converts <code>filename-designator</code> into a <code>filename</code>.
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