file-error, error, serious-condition, condition, t

The type file-error consists of error conditions that occur during an attempt to open or close a file, or during some low-level transactions with a file system. The "offending pathname" is initialized by the :pathname initialization argument to make-condition, and is accessed by the function file-error-pathname.

Function FILE-ERROR-PATHNAME, Function OPEN, Function PROBE-FILE, Function DIRECTORY, Function ENSURE-DIRECTORIES-EXIST