Hello,

   Has anyone seen the following:  (I'm using Allegro 4.3 on
Solaris 2.5.1):

(directory "/")
-> Error: ABSOLUTE followed by :up/:back in directory component:
(:ABSOLUTE :BACK)
  [condition type: FILE-ERROR]

(directory (make-pathname :directory '(:absolute)))
-> (same error)

(directory (make-pathname :directory "/"))
-> <same error>

Is this a bug in Allegro, or am I doing something wrong?  Just
trying to get a directory listing of the root ("/") directory.

Every other directory works fine, just the "/" blows up...

Thanks!!

* David J. Cooper
| (directory "/")
| -> Error: ABSOLUTE followed by :up/:back in directory component:
| (:ABSOLUTE :BACK)
|   [condition type: FILE-ERROR]

looks like you should (inspect #p"/") and see what it says.

incidentally, what is the value of excl::*pathname-parse-up-as-back*?

| Is this a bug in Allegro, or am I doing something wrong?

if it's a bug, it's not present in Allegro 4.3 with all the patches loaded,
running under SunOS 4.1.3_U1.  see ftp.franz.com:/pub/patches for patches.
there is a patch that deals with `directory' on pathnames with ".." parts.
I never experienced the bug that was supposedly fixed, so I don't know if
this would help you.

incidentally, you can send bug reports directly to b...@franz.com.  they're
normally very helpful and fast in responding.