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From: "Jeffrey D. Cherry" <jdcherry@utech.net>
Subject: Re: Temporary files in Ada95.
Date: 1999/03/29
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Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> So what happens if the user running the program does not have write
> access to the root directory of the current drive ?

Great question!!  I ran the executable on our NT machine (no one except
the Administrator has write permission for the root directory on any
partition) and got the following output:

raised ADA.IO_EXCEPTIONS.NAME_ERROR

Yuk!  Perhaps there is a way to get the GNAT compiler to use the system
TEMP directory for temporary files?  

Thanks for catching that problem in my code.  I guess it's always better
to be safe than sorry, so if I ever use a temporary file, I won't assume
it will be created safely.  Pardon me while I go slap my forehead and
say "duh".

Regards,
Jeff Cherry