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From: "ME" <abcdefg@nonodock.net>
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Subject: Re: Default directory in Ada 2005
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:27:53 -0700
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You're absolutely right I can't have the extra spaces. I never tried naming 
a file in windows with spaces at the end.
"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message 
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> "ME" <abcdefg@nonodock.net> wrote in message
> news:13gldqhkecs7l67@corp.supernews.com...
>> Thanks Randy,
>>
>> I am using Gnat 4.02 (20061211)
>>
>> A) I set the default directory using Set_directory which works.
>> B) I read the files into an array of strings using "search" . The strings
>> are padded with blanks.
>> C) I try an "open" using just the filename with no path and I get a
>> Name_error
>
> Possibly the padding blanks are significant? They certainly would be on
> Windows: "ME" and "ME  " are different files; that might cause your
> Name_Error.
>
>                                     Randy.
>
>