1.0.30.49: delete-file behaviour reversal

[sbcl.git] / src / code / filesys.lisp

diff --git a/src/code/filesys.lisp b/src/code/filesys.lisp
index 0cac4e7..e5bda9e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/code/filesys.lisp
+++ b/src/code/filesys.lisp
@@ -477,8 +477,9 @@ If FILE is a stream, on Windows the stream is closed immediately. On Unix
 plaforms the stream remains open, allowing IO to continue: the OS resources
 associated with the deleted file remain available till the stream is closed as
 per standard Unix unlink() behaviour."
-  (let* ((truename (truename file))
-         (namestring (native-namestring truename :as-file t)))
+  (let* ((pathname (pathname file))
+         (namestring (native-namestring pathname :as-file t)))
+    (truename file) ; for error-checking side-effect
     #!+win32
     (when (streamp file)
       (close file))