next up previous contents index
Next: Search-List Operations Up: Pathnames Previous: Search Lists   Contents   Index

Predefined Search-Lists

These search-lists are initialized from the Unix environment or when Lisp was built:

default:
The current directory at startup.

home:
The user's home directory.

library:
The CMU Common Lisp `'lib/ directory (CMUCLLIB environment variable.)

path:
The Unix command path (PATH environment variable.)

target:
The root of the tree where CMU Common Lisp was compiled.
It can be useful to redefine these search-lists, for example, `'library: can be augmented to allow logical pathname translations to be located, and `'target: can be redefined to point to where CMU Common Lisp system sources are locally installed.



Peter Van Eynde 2000-02-08