Re: Named Pipes

[Mark Lorenzen <mark.lorenzen@ofir.dk>]

"Paul" <pcas1986@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> Is there a standard GNAT package for named pipes?  I have looked but have
> found nothing.  The package GNAT.Expect seems promising but it says it
> emulates the TCL expect tool.  After reading web articles on TCL and Expect
> it probably does not do what I want.
>
> Trolling thru the web suggests that named pipes are not equal/the same
> across platforms - ie Win32 named pipes are not the same as Unix pipes.  I
> confess to knowing zip about Unix.  Can I assume the reason there is no
> standard GNAT package for named pipes is because it cannot be portable?
>
> I am in the process of converting an OS/2 Ada 83 program to OS/2 & Win32
> Ada95 and am trying to reduce the number of platform dependancies.  I've
> never really done any serious programming in Ada 95 until now and am
> discovering some really neat stuff in Ada 95 that didn't exist in Ada 83.
> OK so I'm 10 years late but I'm only doing it for fun - to keep the grey
> cells active.
>
> Cheers & TIA
>
> Paul

Named pipes is a POSIX invention. You should therefore use the ISO/IEC
14519 Ada interface to POSIX-like operating systems. The GNAT
implementation is called 'florist'.

- Mark Lorenzen