#### 20.2.9 file-error [Condition Type] ¶

#### Class Precedence List:: ¶

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

#### Description:: ¶

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.

#### See Also:: ¶

file-error-pathname, open [Function] , probe-file [Function] , directory [Function] , ensure-directories-exist [Function]