(setf (logical-pathname-translations host) new-translations)
host—a logical host designator.
translations, new-translations—a list.
Returns the host's list of translations. Each translation is a list of at least two elements: from-wildcard and to-wildcard. Any additional elements are implementation-defined. From-wildcard is a logical pathname whose host is host. To-wildcard is a pathname.
(setf (logical-pathname-translations host) translations) sets a
logical pathname host's
list of translations. If host
is a string that has
not been previously used as
a logical pathname host, a new
logical pathname host is defined;
otherwise an existing host's translations are
replaced. logical pathname host names are compared with string-equal.
When setting the translations list, each from-wildcard
can be a logical pathname whose
host is host or a logical pathname namestring
parseable by (parse-namestring string host),
where host
represents the appropriate object as defined
by parse-namestring. Each
to-wildcard can be anything coercible to a
pathname by
(pathname to-wildcard).
If to-wildcard coerces to a logical pathname,
translate-logical-pathname
will perform repeated translation steps when
it uses it.
host is either the host component of a
logical pathname or a
string that has been defined
as a logical pathname host name by setf of
logical-pathname-translations.
;;;A very simple example of setting up a logical pathname host. No
;;;translations are necessary to get around file system restrictions, so
;;;all that is necessary is to specify the root of the physical directory
;;;tree that contains the logical file system.
;;;The namestring syntax on the right-hand side is implementation-dependent.
(setf (logical-pathname-translations "foo")
'(("**;*.*.*" "MY-LISPM:>library>foo>**>")))
;;;Sample use of that logical pathname. The return value
;;;is implementation-dependent.
(translate-logical-pathname "foo:bar;baz;mum.quux.3")
→ #P"MY-LISPM:>library>foo>bar>baz>mum.quux.3"
;;;A more complex example, dividing the files among two file servers
;;;and several different directories. This Unix doesn't support
;;;:WILD-INFERIORS in the directory, so each directory level must
;;;be translated individually. No file name or type translations
;;;are required except for .MAIL to .MBX.
;;;The namestring syntax on the right-hand side is implementation-dependent.
(setf (logical-pathname-translations "prog")
'(("RELEASED;*.*.*" "MY-UNIX:/sys/bin/my-prog/")
("RELEASED;*;*.*.*" "MY-UNIX:/sys/bin/my-prog/*/")
("EXPERIMENTAL;*.*.*" "MY-UNIX:/usr/Joe/development/prog/")
("EXPERIMENTAL;DOCUMENTATION;*.*.*"
"MY-VAX:SYS$DISK:[JOE.DOC]")
("EXPERIMENTAL;*;*.*.*" "MY-UNIX:/usr/Joe/development/prog/*/")
("MAIL;**;*.MAIL" "MY-VAX:SYS$DISK:[JOE.MAIL.PROG...]*.MBX")))
;;;Sample use of that logical pathname. The return value
;;;is implementation-dependent.
(translate-logical-pathname "prog:mail;save;ideas.mail.3")
→ #P"MY-VAX:SYS$DISK:[JOE.MAIL.PROG.SAVE]IDEAS.MBX.3"
;;;Example translations for a program that uses three files main.lisp,
;;;auxiliary.lisp, and documentation.lisp. These translations might be
;;;supplied by a software supplier as examples.
;;;For Unix with long file names
(setf (logical-pathname-translations "prog")
'(("CODE;*.*.*" "/lib/prog/")))
;;;Sample use of that logical pathname. The return value
;;;is implementation-dependent.
(translate-logical-pathname "prog:code;documentation.lisp")
→ #P"/lib/prog/documentation.lisp"
;;;For Unix with 14-character file names, using .lisp as the type
(setf (logical-pathname-translations "prog")
'(("CODE;DOCUMENTATION.*.*" "/lib/prog/docum.*")
("CODE;*.*.*" "/lib/prog/")))
;;;Sample use of that logical pathname. The return value
;;;is implementation-dependent.
(translate-logical-pathname "prog:code;documentation.lisp")
→ #P"/lib/prog/docum.lisp"
;;;For Unix with 14-character file names, using .l as the type
;;;The second translation shortens the compiled file type to .b
(setf (logical-pathname-translations "prog")
`(("**;*.LISP.*" ,(logical-pathname "PROG:**;*.L.*"))
(,(compile-file-pathname (logical-pathname "PROG:**;*.LISP.*"))
,(logical-pathname "PROG:**;*.B.*"))
("CODE;DOCUMENTATION.*.*" "/lib/prog/documentatio.*")
("CODE;*.*.*" "/lib/prog/")))
;;;Sample use of that logical pathname. The return value
;;;is implementation-dependent.
(translate-logical-pathname "prog:code;documentation.lisp")
→ #P"/lib/prog/documentatio.l"
;;;For a Cray with 6 character names and no directories, types, or versions.
(setf (logical-pathname-translations "prog")
(let ((l '(("MAIN" "PGMN")
("AUXILIARY" "PGAUX")
("DOCUMENTATION" "PGDOC")))
(logpath (logical-pathname "prog:code;"))
(phypath (pathname "XXX")))
(append
;; Translations for source files
(mapcar #'(lambda (x)
(let ((log (first x))
(phy (second x)))
(list (make-pathname :name log
:type "LISP"
:version :wild
:defaults logpath)
(make-pathname :name phy
:defaults phypath))))
l)
;; Translations for compiled files
(mapcar #'(lambda (x)
(let* ((log (first x))
(phy (second x))
(com (compile-file-pathname
(make-pathname :name log
:type "LISP"
:version :wild
:defaults logpath))))
(setq phy (concatenate 'string phy "B"))
(list com
(make-pathname :name phy
:defaults phypath))))
l))))
;;;Sample use of that logical pathname. The return value
;;;is implementation-dependent.
(translate-logical-pathname "prog:code;documentation.lisp")
→ #P"PGDOC"
If host is incorrectly supplied,
an error of type type-error is signaled.
logical-pathname (System Class), Section 19.1.2 (Pathnames as Filenames)
Implementations can define additional functions that operate on logical pathname hosts, for example to specify additional translation rules or options.