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From: wjmc@unix.brighton.ac.uk (The Trooper)
Subject: Re: Ada programs in a UNIX environment (was Re: I have a question...)
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 11:01:51 GMT
Date: 1994-10-20T11:01:51+00:00
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spiegel@bruessel.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Andre Spiegel) writes:
[snip]
> And what if the mechanism you have re-implemented gets changed (for
> example, a new generation of shells comes up), or your program is to
> be ported to, say, a non-UNIX environment, where there are completely
> different conventions and facilities?
>
 How's about either
	system ("echo $HOME/foo");
 or
	system ("csh -c echo ~/bar");
 ?

 I'm sure you can figure out how to call 'system' from Ada ...

> Andre Spiegel
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