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#### 19.4.14 pathname-match-p [Function]

`pathname-match-p` pathname wildcard ⇒ generalized-boolean

#### Arguments and Values::

pathname—a pathname designator.

wildcard—a designator for a wild pathname.

generalized-boolean—a generalized boolean.

#### Description::

pathname-match-p returns true if pathname matches wildcard, otherwise nil. The matching rules are implementation-defined but should be consistent with directory. Missing components of wildcard default to `:wild`.

It is valid for pathname to be a wild pathname; a wildcard field in pathname only matches a wildcard field in wildcard (i.e., pathname-match-p is not commutative). It is valid for wildcard to be a non-wild pathname.

#### Exceptional Situations::

If pathname or wildcard is not a pathname, string, or stream associated with a file an error of type type-error is signaled.

#### See Also::

directory , pathname, logical-pathname, File System Concepts,

Pathnames as Filenames