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Why (directory? "c:\\winnt") => true
but (directory? "c:") => nil

and why (directory? "c:\\") => true
but (directory? "c:\\winnt\\") => nil

It is right?
May be "\\" at the end of directory must be ignored?

This is how the underlying 'C' library function opendir() processes the directory string on Windows. On Linux/UNIX a trailing slash is accepted. I opted of reflecting the OS's berhaviour on this, thinking it might be more consistent with the behaviour of other parts in the system.

I mean there must be a reason that everybody including the GCC people implement opendir() on the Windows platform this way. This would be a one line change in the newLISP source but I would like to hear the opinion of a group of people, specially those more familiar with Win32 internals.

Lutz