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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: uNIX Operating system call
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Parker Nathan R A1C 82 CSS/SCQM <Nathan.Parker@langley.af.mil> writes:

> I am running Solaris 2.5 on a SPARC 20 workstation and would like to know
> how I can make a system call (i.e. ls > /tmp/somefile.tmp) within my Ada 95
> code?

This is not what people usually call a "system call" in the UNIX
context.

You can use Interfaces.C to call the C system() routine, for example.
Or you can use POSIX.5 or a vendor-supplied package.