System call in ADA?

System call in ADA?

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Howdy folks...

does anyone know how to do a system call from an Ada program?  Something like
copying a file.

Please reply to my message insted of posting since I do not read this group.. 
thanks..

Gene

Re: System call in ADA?

[Kenneth Anderson]

In comp.lang.ada you write:

>Howdy folks...

Howdy, back...

>does anyone know how to do a system call from an Ada program?  Something like
>copying a file.

This is dependent on your compiler.  If you can obtain your compiler's manuals
from your local support group, you will find all the information that
you need in there...

>Please reply to my message insted of posting since I do not read this group..
>thanks..

I hate this type of request, so I will also post my reply to comp.lang.ada...

>Gene

Ken
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Re: System call in ADA?

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In article <9307281150.aa18465@Paris.ics.uci.edu> kanderso@mabillon.ICS.UCI.EDU
 (Kenneth Anderson) writes:
>In comp.lang.ada you write:
>>does anyone know how to do a system call from an Ada program?  Something like
>>copying a file.
>
>This is dependent on your compiler.  If you can obtain your compiler's manuals
>from your local support group, you will find all the information that
>you need in there...

Look especially if your vendor implements the POSIX interfaces.  POSIX
provides the Start_Process operation for just this purpose.