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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it>
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Subject: Re: socket, pipe
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:55:08 +0100
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ghostie wrote:

> I should have added that I've found posts indicating how to do a
> directory listing using GNAT libraries, but I don't use GNAT.  I use
> DACS.

If DACS supports interfacing to C, then there is a fair chance that you 
can get GNAT.OS_Lib to work with it.

Using a POSIX library implementation such as Florist is an alternative, 
which might be considered more portable. - At least POSIX is an ISO 
standard.

Jacob
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