loading lisp files from inside the java jar

[Marco Antoniotti]

Hmmmm.  I smell a “Unix-only” file system naming issue in the jar extension.

Cheers
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MA





> On Aug 18, 2015, at 14:35 , Hamda Binte Ajmal <hamda.binte.ajmal at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> To be more specific
> 
> The load statement looks like
> (load "jar:file:C:/Users/Administrator.NUIG-1Z7HN12/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Interface/dist/Profet.jar!/aima/quicklisp/setup.lisp")
> 
> and the error thrown is
> 
> "Unhandled lisp condition: Can't ensure directory
>  #P"jar:file:C:/Users/Administrator.NUIG-1Z7HN12/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Interface/dist/Profet.jar!/./" 
> ancestor of
>   #P"jar:file:C:/Users/Administrator.NUIG-1Z7HN12/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Interface/dist/Profet.jar!/cache/asdf-fasls/07y1rt/asdf.abcl"."
> 
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Hamda Binte Ajmal <hamda.binte.ajmal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes,
> I placed the setup.lisp inside a folder inside the src folder, so I am assuming it is transferred to jar after building the project.
> Yes, of course I substituted the paths!
> 
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Pascal J. Bourguignon <pjb at informatimago.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 18 Aug 2015, at 11:45, Hamda Binte Ajmal <hamda.binte.ajmal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> I am sending this message again, as the last thread went a little too far.
>> I have developed a Java Application that runs lisp code at the back end, and I use ABCL for that.
>> Before using the lisp commands, I load a few .lisp files so that I can call the functions defined in those files.
>> Everything works fine as long as I run the application from Netbeans.
>> When I run the application from the jar file, it throws 'File not found error'.
>> as the lisp files are not a part of file system inside the project jar.
>> I tried to follow the suggestions given by Mark
>> (load “jar:file:/absolute/path/to/file.jar!/path/within/jar/setup.lisp”)
>> It shows the same File not found error. Am i missing something here?
> 
> Well, 
> 1- did you include setup.lisp in the jar file?
> 2- did you substitute the paths in the suggestion given by Mark?
> 
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