current-directory

Arguments: &optional use-cache drive

Return a pathname with the directory component holding the current directory. Note that when processing pathnames (the filename passed, for example, as an argument to load), the value of *default-pathname-defaults* is typically used instead of the current directory as returned by this function. The value of *default-pathname-defaults* may not be the same as the value returned by this function. chdir modifies the current directory (what is returned by this function) but does not modify *default-pathname-defaults*. In contrast, :cd modifies both.

See :pwd and :dirs, which both print the current directory. See also os-interface.htm for general information on the interface between Allegro CL and the operating system.

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Created 2001.12.15.