16:20:52froggeythey're mostly synonyms. "pathname" will generally refer to pathname objects, but can mean pathname designators (ie pathname objects and namestrings) if the code is being a bit loose with definitions. "path" will usually just mean pathname designators and not specifically pathnames
16:22:55ebrascaCan stream-file-position output some number in sectors?
16:25:34froggeyno, stream-file-position is used to implement the cl file-position function. for binary files, the file position must be measured in bytes