<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:27 AM, wooks . <wookiz@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Ah hah...... understood what I was supposed to do now. (directory-list) is > >> calling the file numbers.txt.txt ...... > >> thats not what the file is called. It's put an extra .txt suffix on it. > > > > I haven't used Windows on a regular basis for about 8 years, but when > > I did use it there was an option to hide file suffixes. My guess is > > this option still exists and you have this option turned on. Try this > > > > (rename-file-or-directory "numbers.txt.txt" "numbers.txt") > > > > and see what happens. If Explorer (or whatever the Windows file system > > viewer is called these days) shows the file as just numbers then we've > > found the problem. > > I would put money on that. (directory-list) is telling you the file's REAL name, and (with-input-from-file...) is looking for it by its REAL name. Windows Explorer is hiding part of the name from you. When I sit down at a Windows machine, one of the first things I do is uncheck the "Hide suffixes for known filetypes" option so I can see what my files are really named. > Yeah I know Windows does stuff like that so before my last post I rightclicked on the file name and looked at file properties for the name and it said numbers.txt.  I thought that settled it.   I will have to wait to get home to try your latest trick.   <hr />Not got a Hotmail account? <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign-up now - Free</a></body> </html>