4 files changed, 16 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/interp/lisplib.boot b/src/interp/lisplib.boot
index 9fd15b53..d06478fe 100644
--- a/src/interp/lisplib.boot
+++ b/src/interp/lisplib.boot
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ readLib(fn,ft) == readLib1(fn,ft,"*")
  
 readLib1(fn,ft,fm) ==
   -- see if it exists first
-  p := pathname [fn,ft,fm]
+  p := pathname [fn,ft,fm] or return nil
   readLibPathFast p
  
 readLibPathFast p ==
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ getLisplibNoCache(name,id) ==
  
 getFileProperty(fn,ft,id,cache) ==
   fn in '(DOMAIN SUBDOM MODE) => nil
-  p := pathname [fn,ft,'"*"]
+  p := pathname [fn,ft,'"*"] or return nil
   cache => hasFileProperty(p,id,fn)
   hasFilePropertyNoCache(p,id,fn)
  
diff --git a/src/interp/nlib.lisp b/src/interp/nlib.lisp
index 6664e9f9..434970e6 100644
--- a/src/interp/nlib.lisp
+++ b/src/interp/nlib.lisp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;; Copyright (c) 1991-2002, The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd.
 ;; All rights reserved.
-;; Copyright (C) 2007-2008, Gabriel Dos Reis.
+;; Copyright (C) 2007-2009, Gabriel Dos Reis.
 ;; All rights reserved.
 ;;
 ;; Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@
 (defun make-full-namestring (filearg &optional (filetype nil))
   (namestring (merge-pathnames (make-filename filearg filetype))))
 
-(defun probe-name (file)
-  (if (probe-file file) (namestring file) nil))
-
 (defun get-directory-list (ft)
   (let ((cd (get-current-directory)))
     (cond ((member ft '("NRLIB" "DAASE" "EXPOSED") :test #'string=)
@@ -327,12 +324,11 @@
       (dirs (get-directory-list ft))
       (newfn nil))   
     (if (or (null dirname) (eqcar dirname :relative))
-        (dolist (dir dirs (probe-name filename))
-                (when 
-                 (probe-file 
-                  (setq newfn (concatenate 'string dir filename)))
-                 (return newfn)))
-      (probe-name filename))))
+        (dolist (dir dirs (|probeReadableFile| filename))
+	  (setq newfn (concatenate 'string dir filename))
+	  (when (|probeReadableFile| newfn)
+	    (return newfn)))
+      (|probeReadableFile| filename))))
 
 (defun $FILEP (&rest filearg) (make-full-namestring filearg))
 (define-function '$OUTFILEP #'$FILEP) ;;temporary bogus def
diff --git a/src/interp/pathname.boot b/src/interp/pathname.boot
index 9c466a07..5df49e60 100644
--- a/src/interp/pathname.boot
+++ b/src/interp/pathname.boot
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ pathname? p ==
   null p or PATHNAMEP p
  
 pathname p ==
-  null p => p
-  PATHNAMEP p => p
+  pathname? p => p
   not PAIRP p => PATHNAME p
   if #p>2 then p:=[p.0,p.1]
   PATHNAME APPLY(FUNCTION MAKE_-FILENAME, p)
diff --git a/src/interp/sys-utility.boot b/src/interp/sys-utility.boot
index aee7a0be..2d334946 100644
--- a/src/interp/sys-utility.boot
+++ b/src/interp/sys-utility.boot
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ import sys_-os
 import vmlisp
 namespace BOOT
 
+module sys_-utility where
+  probleReadableFile : %String -> %Maybe %String
+
 --%
 $COMBLOCKLIST := nil
 
@@ -190,6 +193,10 @@ existingFile? file ==
   PROBE_-FILE file => true
   false
 
+probeReadableFile file ==
+  readablep file > 0 => file
+  nil
+
 ++ original version returned 0 on success, and 1 on failure
 ++ ??? fix that to return -1 on failure.
 $ERASE(:filearg) ==