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<p dir="auto">To some extent. There is no necessary relationship between the notion of "current working directory" and <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">*default-pathname-defaults*</code>, although making them correspond is common in modern implementations.</p>
<p dir="auto">At the time that the ANSI CL standard was written, there were still platforms (operating systems) to which "current working directory" did not apply.</p>
<p dir="auto">On 13 Jun 2019, at 8:52, Gunter Königsmann wrote:</p>
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<div style="white-space:normal"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><p dir="auto">Is the variable *default-pathname-defaults* related to this?<br>
(<a href="http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/v_defaul.htm" style="color:#777">http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/v_defaul.htm</a>)<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Gunter.</p>
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