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(open ".foo" :direction :output) fails



>>>>> "RM" == Robert Morris <rtm@uun.org> writes:

RM> clisp-1995-12-08 on BSDI machines doesn't seem to be able to
RM> create a file whose name begins with period. For instance:

RM> (open ".foo" :direction :output)

RM> *** - no file name given: #"/usr/rtm/clisp-1995-12-08/src/.foo"
RM> 1. Break>

How about: 
   (open (make-pathname :name ".foo"))