Re: How to run a GNAT program without starting a terminal session

[Jerry <list_email@icloud.com>]

On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 5:46:39 AM UTC-7, björn lundin wrote:
> On 2018-07-17 03:20, Jerry wrote:
> > How can I get Ada (GNAT) to run a program that has no text I/O without launching a terminal session? Specifically, on macOS, I have the following program. When I double-click it, it runs but first it opens Terminal.app and starts a session. I played with calling it from Applescript but without success. Can I make a bash file that doesn't start a terminal session?
> > 
> > 
> > with Ada.Calendar; use Ada.Calendar;
> > with Common; -- Contains "Beep".
> > 
> > procedure Run is
> > begin
> >     Delay 4.0;
> >     Common.Beep(1);
> > end Run;
> > 
> > 
> > Jerry
> > 
> 
> is it supposted to be a daemon?
> check launchctrl
> <https://superuser.com/questions/930389/how-to-start-a-service-using-mac-osxs-launchctl>
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> --
> Björn

I'm not sure exactly what is meant by a daemon but I think it is a faceless program that runs in the background over an extended period of time. Mine might satisfy that definition--it is faceless and runs until all of the several "delay-beep" pairs are executed, then quits.

Apple's launchctrl might work but it looks very complicated to learn.

Jerry