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evangeli@cnam.fr wrote:
> Hello,
> how would you do to
> 1 - check if two files have the same content

You have to do that yourself or use some other library.


> 2 - check if two files have the same date

Same date for what? Creation, Modification? Access?

If it's modification time then use one of the overloaded 
"Modification_Time" subprograms. If it's creation/access then you could 
check if your compiler provides the optional standard package 
"Ada.Directories.Information" and if it is good enough to provide 
functions to access those.

See:
http://www.martin.dowie.btinternet.co.uk

and specifically:

http://www.martin.dowie.btinternet.co.uk/Directories/adabrowse/ada-directories-information.html

Cheers
-- Martin