19.3. External notation
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## 19.3. External notation

External notation of pathnames (cf. `PARSE-NAMESTRING` and `NAMESTRING`), of course without spaces, [,],{,}:

Platform Dependent: UNIX platform only.

  [ `"/"` ] | `"/"` denotes absolute pathnames
  { `name` `"/"` } | each `name` is a subdirectory
  [ `name` [`"."` `type`] ] | filename with type (extension)

  Name and type may be `STRING`s of any `LENGTH` (consisting of printing `CHARACTER`s, except `"/"`).

Platform Dependent: Win32 platform only.

  [ [`drivespec`] : ] | a letter `"*"`|`a`|...|`z`|`A`|...|`Z`
  { `name` [. `type`] \ } | each `name` is a subdirectory, `"\"` may be replaced by `"/"`
  [ `name` [. `type`] ] | filename with type (extension)

  Name and type may be `STRING`s of any `LENGTH` (consisting of printing `CHARACTER`s, except `"/"`, `"\"`, `":"`).

| These notes document CLISP version 2.45 | Last modified: 2008-05-14

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