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From: John McCabe <john@nospam.assen.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Q] Operating System Command Interface
Date: 1998/05/05
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>John McCabe wrote in message <6ims5j$1vo@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com>...
>>Am I right in thinking that, as standard, Ada has no direct perating
>>system command interface akin to the C "System" call?

>You're right, but the solution is simple.  I use the following library
>function:

<..snip..>

>   pragma Import (C, Execute, "system");

<..snip..>

Thanks David.

However, I presume that this relies on the C "system" function being 
available in a linkable library.

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John McCabe

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