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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: how to read status of current_output
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 15:28:04 -0500
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<mario.blunk.gplus@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 1:01:51 PM UTC+2, Marius Amado-Alves wrote:
>> Status = Name ?!?!?
>
> name (current_output) returns the absolute path and the file name where 
> the
> output data goes. Something like /home/mike/tmp/dummy.txt. It is not 
> exactly
> what I was looking for but, however it solves my problem.
> The interesting question is: What does name (current_output) return if the
> current_output is the standard_output ? Under Linux/UNIX one would expect
> something like /dev/tty... But what under Windows ?

I don't think there is a standard name, but every Ada compiler ought to use 
something. Janus/Ada gives them device names STI:, STO:, and ERR:. I've also 
seen them given unix-like device paths. So your compare above ought to work.

                                              Randy.