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From: conn@ftmo-swc.mitre.org (Richard L. Conn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Compilation order?
Date: 16 Sep 1994 19:36:04 GMT
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Date: 1994-09-16T19:36:04+00:00
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Hello, Dave,

Try the Ada System Dependency Analyzer in the PAL.  One of its report options
is compilation order.  I've seen it generate correct compilation orders for
thousands of files in a single system.

Rick

In article 2G5@news.ess.harris.com, dbrow42@rfc.comm.harris.com (David C. Brown) writes:
> I need a tool that sorts a large list of source files into compilation order.
> 
> I have 800 files right now, with filenames averaging 17 characters long.
> The Ada utilities insist on getting the list of files from the command line,
> and SCO Unix doesn't allow that many characters on a command line.
> 
> Any suggestions?  Is there a tool I can get via ftp that determines
> compilation order?  What would you do (besides getting a different compiler
> or OS)?
> --
> Dave Brown N2RJT (dcb@rfc.comm.harris.com)
>