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From: Andreas Almroth <andreas@almroth.com>
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Subject: Re: Q:Most reasonable OS Layer Access?
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 16:59:32 +0100
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Michael Erdmann wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> i need to create/delete directories, stop processes etc
> from Ada 95. I am wondering what the most reasonable way
> is to do such things (e.g. using florist or is there something
> simpler available)?
> 

Although Florist would be neat to use, I have found GNAT specific 
packages such as Gnat.OS_Lib and Gnat.Directory_Operations for file and 
directory access quite adequate.
For processes, well, perhaps Gnat.Expect? If not, just import kill, 
spawn (in Gnat.OS_Lib btw) and other functions from the OS library. 
Might be a bit too platform specific compared to Florist, but simpler...

/Andreas