Initial checkin.

[lisp] / sys-base.lisp

;;; -*-lisp-*-
;;;
;;; $Id$
;;;
;;; Basic system-specific stuff
;;;
;;; (c) 2005 Mark Wooding
;;;

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(defpackage #:mdw.runlisp
  (:use #:common-lisp #:extensions)
  (:export #:*lisp-interpreter* #:*command-line-strings*))
(defpackage #:mdw.sys-base
  (:use #:common-lisp #:extensions #:mdw.runlisp)
  (:export #:exit #:hard-exit #:*program-name* #:*command-line-strings*))
(in-package #:mdw.sys-base)

;;; --- This is currently all a bit CMUCL-specific ---

#+cmu
(defun exit (&optional (code 0))
  "Polite way to end a program.  If running in an interactive Lisp, just
return to the top-level REPL."
  (if *batch-mode*
      (throw 'lisp::%end-of-the-world code)
      (progn
        (unless (zerop code)
          (format t "~&Exiting unsuccessfully with code ~D.~%" code))
        (abort))))

#+cmu
(defun hard-exit (code)
  "Stops the program immediately in its tracks.  Does nothing else.  Use
after fork, for example, to avoid flushing buffers."
  (unix::void-syscall ("_exit" c-call:int) code))

#+cmu
(defvar *program-name* (pathname-name (car *command-line-strings*))
  "A plausible guess at the program's name, stripped of strange extensions.")

;;;----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------