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The device might be a string, :wild, :unspecific, or nil.
Note that :wild might result from an attempt to read_1 the pathname component, even though portable programs are restricted from writing_1 such a component value; see Restrictions on Wildcard Pathnames and Restrictions on Constructing Pathnames.