"srini" <r.srinivasan@worldnet.att.net> a �crit dans le message news: 3AD153E2.D03565FC@worldnet.att.net...
> How about gnat.directory_operations from gnat. I have had good success
> with it. This in combination with gnat.command_line perform most
> directory related services one might require. I hope any enhancements to
> the Ada package hierarchy would mirror these packages.
>
It's fine, but supported only by Gnat. Actually, one of the implementations of OS_Services is built on top of these packages.
Also, OS_Services is intended to be flexible and extensible, i.e. allow you to benefit from OS pecularities, while still providing a
hard kernel of operations that work on every OS. The way it is designed, if you try to use a feature that is not available on your
OS, the program will simply not compile. (Put it the other way round: if it compiles, it works). And it avoids the "least common
denominator" problem when you want a portable interface.

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