From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1b0b51a62a52252f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-20 12:33:39 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!grolier!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <864rvjwhbr.fsf@acm.org> Subject: Re: Standard Packages X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:29:01 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.153.96 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 987794913 62.252.153.96 (Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:28:33 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:28:33 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:6821 Date: 2001-04-20T20:29:01+01:00 List-Id: > > There are lots of references to the c standard library on the web, is > > there someplace I can find that same info for ada? > > The reference manual describes completely all the standard packages, > and this part of the standard is quite readable, it is on the web at: > > > > > My immediate problem is how to read/write binary files. > > I've found text_io but that doesn't look like quite what I want. > > May be Ada.Streams.Stream_IO will better suit your > needs. If so you might want to check my example. I put it up after I had some problems with Streams. The folks here helped me to get it working, so I thought I'd put it up so others don't have similar difficulties. I moved my page for a while cos' the server down and it's too slow anyway. You'll find the new speedy site at http://members.tripod.com/willowplan Hope this helps, Chris Campbell