Re: How to execure Unix scripts

[gisle@apal.ii.uib.no (Gisle S�lensminde)]

In article <8l6mnl$2eh$1@news.uit.no>, Reinert Korsnes wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I did not find answer on this in my Ada95 literature:
>
>How do I execute a Unix script in Ada95 ?
>
>I am looking for something like the function "system" under Fortran.
>I also would like to run/start gnuplot under Ada and start and use
>results from octave/mathlab etc...

The 'system' function call is not a part of Fortran, but some 
fortran compilers links with the C library, where 'system' is found.

The 'system' call is neither a part of Ada, and you must either
import the 'sysyem' call, and link with the C library, or use
a (vendor-supplied) library. In gnat the package 'gnat.os_lib'
have a function spawn doing this, and that is easier to use than
an imported C function.

Starting gnuplot can be done this way, but limits comunication 
between the the Ada and gnuplot process to the command line of
gnuplot. If the problem require more comunication, a different 
approch must be used.

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