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directory-files dir #!optional (dot-files? #f)procedure

Return a list of filenames in directory dir. The special . and .. names are never returned. The directory dir is not prepended to each filename in the result list. That is,

   (directory-files "/etc")

returns

   ("chown" "exports" "fstab" ...)

not

   ("/etc/chown" "/etc/exports" "/etc/fstab" ...)

To use the filenames in the returned list, the programmer can either manually prepend the directory, or change to the directory before using the filenames.

dir
path
dot-files?
whether filenames beginning with "." are returned