<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Functions with idiosyncratic bindings - SBCL 1.0.31 User Manual</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="SBCL 1.0.31 User Manual"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="sb_002dposix.html#sb_002dposix" title="sb-posix"> <link rel="prev" href="Lisp-objects-and-C-structures.html#Lisp-objects-and-C-structures" title="Lisp objects and C structures"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- This manual is part of the SBCL software system. See the `README' file for more information. This manual is largely derived from the manual for the CMUCL system, which was produced at Carnegie Mellon University and later released into the public domain. This manual is in the public domain and is provided with absolutely no warranty. See the `COPYING' and `CREDITS' files for more information. --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Functions-with-idiosyncratic-bindings"></a> <p> Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Lisp-objects-and-C-structures.html#Lisp-objects-and-C-structures">Lisp objects and C structures</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="sb_002dposix.html#sb_002dposix">sb-posix</a> <hr> </div> <h4 class="subsection">16.3.6 Functions with idiosyncratic bindings</h4> <p>A few functions in sb-posix don't correspond directly to their C counterparts. <ul> <li>getcwd <a name="Function-sb_002dposix_003agetcwd"></a> <div class="defun"> — Function: <b>sb-posix:getcwd</b><var><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003agetcwd-640"></a></var><br> <blockquote> <p><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003agetcwd-641"></a>Returns the process's current working directory as a string. </p></blockquote></div> <li>readlink <a name="Function-sb_002dposix_003areadlink"></a> <div class="defun"> — Function: <b>sb-posix:readlink</b><var> pathspec<a name="index-sb_002dposix_003areadlink-642"></a></var><br> <blockquote> <p><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003areadlink-643"></a>Returns the resolved target of a symbolic link as a string. </p></blockquote></div> <li>syslog <a name="Function-sb_002dposix_003asyslog"></a> <div class="defun"> — Function: <b>sb-posix:syslog</b><var> priority format &rest args<a name="index-sb_002dposix_003asyslog-644"></a></var><br> <blockquote> <p><a name="index-sb_002dposix_003asyslog-645"></a>Send a message to the syslog facility, with severity level <code>priority</code>. The message will be formatted as by <code>cl:format</code> (rather than C's printf) with format string <code>format</code> and arguments <code>args</code>. </p></blockquote></div> </ul> </body></html>