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From: k p c <kpc@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Files and directory functions in Allegro CL 4.2
In-Reply-To: Curt Eggemeyer's message of 26 Oct 1995 13:26:00 GMT
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To: Curt Eggemeyer <curt>
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Quoth Curt Eggemeyer <curt>:
> (run-shell-command "ls -als")

Other possible ways to do it include using /usr/ucb/test and actually
trying to read from or write to the file.  I'm surprised not to see
direct methods in CL or Allegro.

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