Read the Package Command_Line in Annex A of your Ada maual. Excerp: "The package Command_Line allows a program to obtain the values of its arguments and to set the exit status code to be returned on normal termination." You will find the information you need there. ------------------------------------------------------- Roger Gari�py :-) <- :-( rgariepy@rocler.qc.ca "Heiko Hamann" a �crit dans le message news: 3c08314e$0$158$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de... > Hi! > > I would like to read console commands that were included like this: > "program -d=500 e=12" > with a Ada program. How can that be done? > > Thank you and bye > > Heiko. > >