Re: Interpretation of extensions different from Unix/Linux?

[Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>]

Somebody <just.another.spam.account@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 2, 7:13�pm, Jacob Sparre Andersen <spa...@nbi.dk> wrote:

> > The specifications are different.
> >
> > The GNU basename command removes "any leading directory components".
> > If _specified_, it will "also remove a trailing SUFFIX".

> If the specifications are different, the utilities in
> Ada.Directories are quite unusable for UNIX/Linux.

I disagree!

> In case I want to process all *.c files in a given directory, I
> could code something like
> 
> with Ada.Directories; use Ada.Directories;
> 
> procedure Parse is
>    procedure Do_It (Directory_Entry : Directory_Entry_Type) is
>    begin
>       -- Do something
>    end Do_It;
> begin
>    Ada.Directories.Search (".", "*.c", (others => True), Do_It'Access);
> end Parse;

Unfortunately the meaning of the argument "Pattern" to
"Ada.Directories.Search" is implementation defined (RM-A-16-111/2).
You will have to check the manual for your compiler, to find out how
"Pattern" is interpreted.

> If I want to ensure me what files will be processed, I would call
> e.g.
> 
> ls -A *.c
> 
> first.

But that list depends on your shell.

> But if there would be a file ".c" in the current directory, it would
> not be listed by the "ls" command, but processed by my program.

That depends on your shell.

Greetings,

Jacob
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