Creates an item stream of pathnames. Each pathname may be a file name (string), an integer or an item stream. If an integer, pathname is treated as an index into a list of pathnames specified to the item stream using the pathlist option. Each pathname is merged against an optionally specified directory and file type to produce a fully specified pathname.

pathnames implements the following option value pairs:

directory {string}

Sets the default directory for pathnames. Defaults to the directory of *pathnames-default-name*.

type {string}

Sets the default file type (extension) for pathnames. Defaults to the type of *pathnames-default-name*.

pathlist {list}

List of pathnames to use when pathname is an an integer.

Example:

? (setf x (pathnames "hi" "ho" "silver.aiff" "away"
                     type "aifc" in rotation for 8))
#<ROTATIONAL-PATHNAME-STREAM @ #x107c66a2>

? (read-items x)
("/sounds/alban/hi.aifc" "/sounds/alban/ho.aifc"
 "/sounds/alban/silver.aiff" "/sounds/alban/away.aifc"
 "/sounds/alban/ho.aifc" "/sounds/alban/silver.aiff"
 "/sounds/alban/away.aifc" "/sounds/alban/hi.aifc")

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