## Function: COMMON-LISP:DRIBBLE [![package](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package-COMMON--LISP-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../) [![type](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-Function-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../#function) [![clhs](https://img.shields.io/badge/CLHS-DRIBBLE-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/f_dribbl.htm) [![github](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-View_the_source-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999&logo=github)](https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/blob/master/src/code/target-misc.lisp/) > With a file name as an argument, dribble opens the file and sends a > record of further I/O to that file. Without an argument, it closes > the dribble file, and quits logging. ### Lambda list ```cl (&optional pathname &key sb-impl::if-exists) ```