Re: Trying to execute a command from inside of Ada

[Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk>]

John Smith wrote:

> procedure Sys_Command is
>    Result    : Integer;
>    Arguments : Argument_List :=
>                  (  1=> new String'("bash"),
>                     2=> new String'("ls -l ~")
>                  );

Have you tried to run this on your command line?

   bash "ls -l ~"

That's basically what you ask your program to do.

I would:

1) Avoid involving Bash in this.
2) Remember to pass each argument separately.

And I might additionally:

3) Expand "~" myself, as "ls" doesn't know how to do that (but
   "system()" or "/bin/sh" might).

Greetings,

Jacob
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