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2 -- --
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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
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4 -- --
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5 -- S Y S T E M . O S _ L I B --
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6 -- --
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7 -- S p e c --
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8 -- --
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9 -- Copyright (C) 1995-2017, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
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10 -- --
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11 -- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
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12 -- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
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13 -- ware Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later ver- --
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14 -- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- --
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15 -- OUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY --
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16 -- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. --
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17 -- --
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18 -- As a special exception under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted --
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19 -- additional permissions described in the GCC Runtime Library Exception, --
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20 -- version 3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation. --
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21 -- --
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22 -- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and --
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23 -- a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program; --
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24 -- see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively. If not, see --
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25 -- <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --
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26 -- --
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27 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
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28 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
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29 -- --
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30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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31
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32 -- Operating system interface facilities
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33
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34 -- This package contains types and procedures for interfacing to the
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35 -- underlying OS. It is used by the GNAT compiler and by tools associated
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36 -- with the GNAT compiler, and therefore works for the various operating
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37 -- systems to which GNAT has been ported. This package will undoubtedly grow
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38 -- as new services are needed by various tools.
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39
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40 -- This package tends to use fairly low-level Ada in order to not bring in
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41 -- large portions of the RTL. For example, functions return access to string
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42 -- as part of avoiding functions returning unconstrained types.
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43
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44 -- Except where specifically noted, these routines are portable across all
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45 -- GNAT implementations on all supported operating systems.
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46
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47 -- Note: this package is in the System hierarchy so that it can be directly
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48 -- be used by other predefined packages. User access to this package is via
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49 -- a renaming of this package in GNAT.OS_Lib (file g-os_lib.ads).
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50
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51 pragma Compiler_Unit_Warning;
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52
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53 with System;
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54 with System.Strings;
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55
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56 package System.OS_Lib is
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57 pragma Preelaborate;
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58
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59 -----------------------
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60 -- String Operations --
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61 -----------------------
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62
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63 -- These are reexported from package Strings (which was introduced to
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64 -- avoid different packages declaring different types unnecessarily).
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65 -- See package System.Strings for details.
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66
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67 subtype String_Access is Strings.String_Access;
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68
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69 function "=" (Left : String_Access; Right : String_Access) return Boolean
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70 renames Strings."=";
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71
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72 procedure Free (X : in out String_Access) renames Strings.Free;
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73
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74 subtype String_List is Strings.String_List;
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75
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76 function "=" (Left : String_List; Right : String_List) return Boolean
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77 renames Strings."=";
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78
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79 function "&" (Left : String_Access; Right : String_Access)
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80 return String_List renames Strings."&";
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81 function "&" (Left : String_Access; Right : String_List)
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82 return String_List renames Strings."&";
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83 function "&" (Left : String_List; Right : String_Access)
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84 return String_List renames Strings."&";
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85 function "&" (Left : String_List; Right : String_List)
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86 return String_List renames Strings."&";
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87
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88 subtype String_List_Access is Strings.String_List_Access;
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89
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90 function "="
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91 (Left : String_List_Access;
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92 Right : String_List_Access) return Boolean renames Strings."=";
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93
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94 procedure Free (Arg : in out String_List_Access) renames Strings.Free;
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95
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96 ---------------------
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97 -- Time/Date Stuff --
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98 ---------------------
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99
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100 type OS_Time is private;
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101 -- The OS's notion of time is represented by the private type OS_Time. This
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102 -- is the type returned by the File_Time_Stamp functions to obtain the time
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103 -- stamp of a specified file. Functions and a procedure (modeled after the
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104 -- similar subprograms in package Calendar) are provided for extracting
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105 -- information from a value of this type. Although these are called GM, the
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106 -- intention in the case of time stamps is not that they provide GMT times
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107 -- in all cases but rather the actual (time-zone independent) time stamp of
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108 -- the file (of course in Unix systems, this *is* in GMT form).
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109
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110 Invalid_Time : constant OS_Time;
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111 -- A special unique value used to flag an invalid time stamp value
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112
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113 function "<" (X : OS_Time; Y : OS_Time) return Boolean;
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114 function ">" (X : OS_Time; Y : OS_Time) return Boolean;
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115 function ">=" (X : OS_Time; Y : OS_Time) return Boolean;
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116 function "<=" (X : OS_Time; Y : OS_Time) return Boolean;
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117 -- Basic comparison operators on OS_Time with obvious meanings. Note that
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118 -- these have Intrinsic convention, so for example it is not permissible
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119 -- to create accesses to any of these functions.
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120
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121 subtype Year_Type is Integer range 1900 .. 2099;
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122 subtype Month_Type is Integer range 1 .. 12;
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123 subtype Day_Type is Integer range 1 .. 31;
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124 subtype Hour_Type is Integer range 0 .. 23;
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125 subtype Minute_Type is Integer range 0 .. 59;
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126 subtype Second_Type is Integer range 0 .. 59;
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127 -- Declarations similar to those in Calendar, breaking down the time
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128
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129 function Current_Time return OS_Time;
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130 -- Return the system clock value as OS_Time
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131
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132 function Current_Time_String return String;
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133 -- Returns current local time in the form YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. The result
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134 -- has bounds 1 .. 19.
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135
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136 function GM_Year (Date : OS_Time) return Year_Type;
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137 function GM_Month (Date : OS_Time) return Month_Type;
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138 function GM_Day (Date : OS_Time) return Day_Type;
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139 function GM_Hour (Date : OS_Time) return Hour_Type;
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140 function GM_Minute (Date : OS_Time) return Minute_Type;
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141 function GM_Second (Date : OS_Time) return Second_Type;
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142 -- Functions to extract information from OS_Time value in GMT form
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143
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144 procedure GM_Split
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145 (Date : OS_Time;
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146 Year : out Year_Type;
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147 Month : out Month_Type;
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148 Day : out Day_Type;
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149 Hour : out Hour_Type;
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150 Minute : out Minute_Type;
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151 Second : out Second_Type);
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152 -- Analogous to the Split routine in Ada.Calendar, takes an OS_Time and
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153 -- provides a representation of it as a set of component parts, to be
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154 -- interpreted as a date point in UTC.
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155
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156 function GM_Time_Of
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157 (Year : Year_Type;
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158 Month : Month_Type;
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159 Day : Day_Type;
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160 Hour : Hour_Type;
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161 Minute : Minute_Type;
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162 Second : Second_Type) return OS_Time;
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163 -- Analogous to the Time_Of routine in Ada.Calendar, takes a set of time
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164 -- component parts to be interpreted in the local time zone, and returns
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165 -- an OS_Time. Returns Invalid_Time if the creation fails.
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166
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167 ----------------
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168 -- File Stuff --
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169 ----------------
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170
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171 -- These routines give access to the open/creat/close/read/write level of
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172 -- I/O routines in the typical C library (these functions are not part of
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173 -- the ANSI C standard, but are typically available in all systems). See
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174 -- also package Interfaces.C_Streams for access to the stream level
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175 -- routines.
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176
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177 -- Note on file names. If a file name is passed as type String in any of
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178 -- the following specifications, then the name is a normal Ada string and
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179 -- need not be NUL-terminated. However, a trailing NUL character is
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180 -- permitted, and will be ignored (more accurately, the NUL and any
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181 -- characters that follow it will be ignored).
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182
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183 type File_Descriptor is new Integer;
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184 -- Corresponds to the int file handle values used in the C routines
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185
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186 Standin : constant File_Descriptor := 0;
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187 Standout : constant File_Descriptor := 1;
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188 Standerr : constant File_Descriptor := 2;
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189 -- File descriptors for standard input output files
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190
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191 Invalid_FD : constant File_Descriptor := -1;
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192 -- File descriptor returned when error in opening/creating file
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193
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194 Null_FD : constant File_Descriptor := -2;
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195 -- Uninitialized file descriptor
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196
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197 procedure Close (FD : File_Descriptor; Status : out Boolean);
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198 -- Close file referenced by FD. Status is False if the underlying service
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199 -- failed. Reasons for failure include: disk full, disk quotas exceeded
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200 -- and invalid file descriptor (the file may have been closed twice).
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201
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202 procedure Close (FD : File_Descriptor);
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203 -- Close file referenced by FD. This form is used when the caller wants to
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204 -- ignore any possible error (see above for error cases).
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205
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206 type Copy_Mode is
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207 (Copy,
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208 -- Copy the file. It is an error if the target file already exists. The
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209 -- time stamps and other file attributes are preserved in the copy.
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210
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211 Overwrite,
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212 -- If the target file exists, the file is replaced otherwise the file
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213 -- is just copied. The time stamps and other file attributes are
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214 -- preserved in the copy.
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215
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216 Append);
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217 -- If the target file exists, the contents of the source file is
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218 -- appended at the end. Otherwise the source file is just copied. The
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219 -- time stamps and other file attributes are preserved if the
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220 -- destination file does not exist.
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221
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222 type Attribute is
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223 (Time_Stamps,
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224 -- Copy time stamps from source file to target file. All other
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225 -- attributes are set to normal default values for file creation.
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226
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227 Full,
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228 -- All attributes are copied from the source file to the target file.
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229 -- This includes the timestamps, and for example also includes
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230 -- read/write/execute attributes in Unix systems.
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231
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232 None);
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233 -- No attributes are copied. All attributes including the time stamp
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234 -- values are set to normal default values for file creation.
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235
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236 -- Note: The default is Time_Stamps, which corresponds to the normal
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237 -- default on Windows style systems. Full corresponds to the typical
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238 -- effect of "cp -p" on Unix systems, and None corresponds to the typical
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239 -- effect of "cp" on Unix systems.
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240
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241 -- Note: Time_Stamps and Full are not supported on VxWorks 5
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242
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243 procedure Copy_File
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244 (Name : String;
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245 Pathname : String;
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246 Success : out Boolean;
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247 Mode : Copy_Mode := Copy;
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248 Preserve : Attribute := Time_Stamps);
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249 -- Copy a file. Name must designate a single file (no wild cards allowed).
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250 -- Pathname can be a filename or directory name. In the latter case Name
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251 -- is copied into the directory preserving the same file name. Mode
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252 -- defines the kind of copy, see above with the default being a normal
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253 -- copy in which the target file must not already exist. Success is set to
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254 -- True or False indicating if the copy is successful (depending on the
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255 -- specified Mode).
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256
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257 procedure Copy_File_Attributes
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258 (From : String;
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259 To : String;
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260 Success : out Boolean;
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261 Copy_Timestamp : Boolean := True;
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262 Copy_Permissions : Boolean := True);
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263 -- Copy some of the file attributes from one file to another. Both files
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264 -- must exist, or Success is set to False.
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265
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266 procedure Copy_Time_Stamps
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267 (Source : String;
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268 Dest : String;
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269 Success : out Boolean);
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270 -- Copy Source file time stamps (last modification and last access time
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271 -- stamps) to Dest file. Source and Dest must be valid filenames,
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272 -- furthermore Dest must be writable. Success will be set to True if the
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273 -- operation was successful and False otherwise.
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274 --
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275 -- Note: this procedure is not supported on VxWorks 5. On this platform,
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276 -- Success is always set to False.
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277
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278 type Mode is (Binary, Text);
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279 for Mode'Size use Integer'Size;
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280 for Mode use (Binary => 0, Text => 1);
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281 -- Used in all the Open and Create calls to specify if the file is to be
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282 -- opened in binary mode or text mode. In systems like Unix, this has no
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283 -- effect, but in systems capable of text mode translation, the use of
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284 -- Text as the mode parameter causes the system to do CR/LF translation
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285 -- and also to recognize the DOS end of file character on input. The use
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286 -- of Text where appropriate allows programs to take a portable Unix view
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287 -- of DOS-format files and process them appropriately.
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288
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289 function Create_File
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290 (Name : String;
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291 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
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292 -- Creates new file with given name for writing, returning file descriptor
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293 -- for subsequent use in Write calls. If the file already exists, it is
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294 -- overwritten. File descriptor returned is Invalid_FD if file cannot be
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295 -- successfully created.
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296
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297 function Create_New_File
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298 (Name : String;
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299 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
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300 -- Create new file with given name for writing, returning file descriptor
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301 -- for subsequent use in Write calls. This differs from Create_File in
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302 -- that it fails if the file already exists. File descriptor returned is
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303 -- Invalid_FD if the file exists or cannot be created.
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304
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305 function Create_Output_Text_File (Name : String) return File_Descriptor;
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306 -- Creates new text file with given name suitable to redirect standard
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307 -- output, returning file descriptor. File descriptor returned is
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308 -- Invalid_FD if file cannot be successfully created.
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309
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310 Temp_File_Len : constant Integer := 12;
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311 -- Length of name returned by Create_Temp_File call (GNAT-XXXXXX & NUL)
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312
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313 subtype Temp_File_Name is String (1 .. Temp_File_Len);
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314 -- String subtype set by Create_Temp_File
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315
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316 procedure Create_Temp_File
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317 (FD : out File_Descriptor;
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318 Name : out Temp_File_Name);
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319 -- Create and open for writing a temporary file in the current working
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320 -- directory. The name of the file and the File Descriptor are returned.
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321 -- The File Descriptor returned is Invalid_FD in the case of failure. No
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322 -- mode parameter is provided. Since this is a temporary file, there is no
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323 -- point in doing text translation on it.
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324 --
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325 -- On some operating systems, the maximum number of temp files that can be
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326 -- created with this procedure may be limited. When the maximum is reached,
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327 -- this procedure returns Invalid_FD. On some operating systems, there may
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328 -- be a race condition between processes trying to create temp files at the
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329 -- same time in the same directory using this procedure.
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330
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331 procedure Create_Temp_File
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332 (FD : out File_Descriptor;
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333 Name : out String_Access);
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334 -- Create and open for writing a temporary file in the current working
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335 -- directory. The name of the file and the File Descriptor are returned.
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336 -- It is the responsibility of the caller to deallocate the access value
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337 -- returned in Name.
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338 --
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339 -- The file is opened in binary mode (no text translation).
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340 --
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341 -- This procedure will always succeed if the current working directory is
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342 -- writable. If the current working directory is not writable, then
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343 -- Invalid_FD is returned for the file descriptor and null for the Name.
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344 -- There is no race condition problem between processes trying to create
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345 -- temp files at the same time in the same directory.
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346
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347 procedure Create_Temp_Output_File
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348 (FD : out File_Descriptor;
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349 Name : out String_Access);
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350 -- Create and open for writing a temporary file in the current working
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351 -- directory suitable to redirect standard output. The name of the file and
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352 -- the File Descriptor are returned. It is the responsibility of the caller
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353 -- to deallocate the access value returned in Name.
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354 --
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355 -- The file is opened in text mode
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356 --
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357 -- This procedure will always succeed if the current working directory is
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358 -- writable. If the current working directory is not writable, then
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359 -- Invalid_FD is returned for the file descriptor and null for the Name.
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360 -- There is no race condition problem between processes trying to create
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361 -- temp files at the same time in the same directory.
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362
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363 procedure Delete_File (Name : String; Success : out Boolean);
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364 -- Deletes file. Success is set True or False indicating if the delete is
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365 -- successful.
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366
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367 function File_Length (FD : File_Descriptor) return Long_Integer;
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368 pragma Import (C, File_Length, "__gnat_file_length_long");
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369
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370 type Large_File_Size is range -2**63 .. 2**63 - 1;
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371 -- Maximum supported size for a file (8 exabytes = 8 million terabytes,
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372 -- should be enough to accommodate all possible needs for quite a while).
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373
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374 function File_Length64 (FD : File_Descriptor) return Large_File_Size;
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375 pragma Import (C, File_Length64, "__gnat_file_length");
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376 -- Get length of file from file descriptor FD
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377
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378 function File_Time_Stamp (Name : String) return OS_Time;
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379 -- Given the name of a file or directory, Name, obtains and returns the
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380 -- time stamp. This function can be used for an unopened file. Returns
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381 -- Invalid_Time if Name doesn't correspond to an existing file.
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382
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383 function File_Time_Stamp (FD : File_Descriptor) return OS_Time;
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384 -- Get time stamp of file from file descriptor FD Returns Invalid_Time is
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385 -- FD doesn't correspond to an existing file.
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386
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387 function Get_Debuggable_Suffix return String_Access;
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388 -- Return the debuggable suffix convention. Usually this is the same as
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389 -- the convention for Get_Executable_Suffix. The result is allocated on
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390 -- the heap and should be freed after use to avoid storage leaks.
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391
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392 function Get_Executable_Suffix return String_Access;
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393 -- Return the executable suffix convention. The result is allocated on the
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394 -- heap and should be freed after use to avoid storage leaks.
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395
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396 function Get_Object_Suffix return String_Access;
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397 -- Return the object suffix convention. The result is allocated on the heap
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398 -- and should be freed after use to avoid storage leaks.
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399
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400 function Get_Target_Debuggable_Suffix return String_Access;
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401 -- Return the target debuggable suffix convention. Usually this is the same
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402 -- as the convention for Get_Executable_Suffix. The result is allocated on
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403 -- the heap and should be freed after use to avoid storage leaks.
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404
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405 function Get_Target_Executable_Suffix return String_Access;
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406 -- Return the target executable suffix convention. The result is allocated
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407 -- on the heap and should be freed after use to avoid storage leaks.
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408
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409 function Get_Target_Object_Suffix return String_Access;
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410 -- Return the target object suffix convention. The result is allocated on
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411 -- the heap and should be freed after use to avoid storage leaks.
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412
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413 function Is_Absolute_Path (Name : String) return Boolean;
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414 -- Returns True if Name is an absolute path name, i.e. it designates a
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415 -- file or directory absolutely rather than relative to another directory.
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416
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417 function Is_Directory (Name : String) return Boolean;
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418 -- Determines if the given string, Name, is the name of a directory.
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419 -- Returns True if so, False otherwise. Name may be an absolute path
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420 -- name or a relative path name, including a simple file name. If it is
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421 -- a relative path name, it is relative to the current working directory.
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422
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423 function Is_Executable_File (Name : String) return Boolean;
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424 -- Determines if the given string, Name, is the name of an existing file
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425 -- that is executable. Returns True if so, False otherwise. Note that this
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426 -- function simply interrogates the file attributes (e.g. using the C
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427 -- function stat), so it does not indicate a situation in which a file may
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428 -- not actually be readable due to some other process having exclusive
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429 -- access.
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430
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431 function Is_Owner_Readable_File (Name : String) return Boolean;
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432 -- Determines if the given string, Name, is the name of an existing file
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433 -- that is readable. Returns True if so, False otherwise. Note that this
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434 -- function simply interrogates the file attributes (e.g. using the C
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435 -- function stat), so it does not indicate a situation in which a file may
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436 -- not actually be readable due to some other process having exclusive
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437 -- access.
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438
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439 function Is_Regular_File (Name : String) return Boolean;
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440 -- Determines if the given string, Name, is the name of an existing
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441 -- regular file. Returns True if so, False otherwise. Name may be an
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442 -- absolute path name or a relative path name, including a simple file
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443 -- name. If it is a relative path name, it is relative to the current
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444 -- working directory.
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445
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446 function Is_Symbolic_Link (Name : String) return Boolean;
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447 -- Determines if the given string, Name, is the path of a symbolic link on
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448 -- systems that support it. Returns True if so, False if the path is not a
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449 -- symbolic link or if the system does not support symbolic links.
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450 --
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451 -- A symbolic link is an indirect pointer to a file; its directory entry
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452 -- contains the name of the file to which it is linked. Symbolic links may
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453 -- span file systems and may refer to directories.
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454
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455 function Is_Owner_Writable_File (Name : String) return Boolean;
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456 -- Determines if the given string, Name, is the name of an existing file
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457 -- that is writable. Returns True if so, False otherwise. Note that this
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458 -- function simply interrogates the file attributes (e.g. using the C
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459 -- function stat), so it does not indicate a situation in which a file may
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460 -- not actually be writable due to some other process having exclusive
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|
461 -- access.
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|
462
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463 function Is_Read_Accessible_File (Name : String) return Boolean;
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464 -- Determines if the given string, Name, is the name of an existing file
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465 -- that is readable. Returns True if so, False otherwise.
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466
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467 function Is_Write_Accessible_File (Name : String) return Boolean;
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468 -- Determines if the given string, Name, is the name of an existing file
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469 -- that is writable. Returns True if so, False otherwise.
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470
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471 function Is_Readable_File (Name : String) return Boolean
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472 renames Is_Read_Accessible_File;
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473 function Is_Writable_File (Name : String) return Boolean
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474 renames Is_Write_Accessible_File;
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475 -- These subprograms provided for backward compatibility and should not be
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476 -- used. Use Is_Owner_Readable_File/Is_Owner_Writable_File or
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477 -- Is_Read_Accessible_File/Is_Write_Accessible_File instead.
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478
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479 function Locate_Exec_On_Path (Exec_Name : String) return String_Access;
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|
480 -- Try to locate an executable whose name is given by Exec_Name in the
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481 -- directories listed in the environment Path. If the Exec_Name does not
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|
482 -- have the executable suffix, it will be appended before the search.
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483 -- Otherwise works like Locate_Regular_File below. If the executable is
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484 -- not found, null is returned.
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|
485 --
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486 -- Note that this function allocates memory for the returned value. This
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|
487 -- memory needs to be deallocated after use.
|
|
488
|
|
489 function Locate_Regular_File
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490 (File_Name : String;
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491 Path : String) return String_Access;
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|
492 -- Try to locate a regular file whose name is given by File_Name in the
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493 -- directories listed in Path. If a file is found, its full pathname is
|
|
494 -- returned; otherwise, a null pointer is returned. If the File_Name given
|
|
495 -- is an absolute pathname, then Locate_Regular_File just checks that the
|
|
496 -- file exists and is a regular file. Otherwise, if the File_Name given
|
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497 -- includes directory information, Locate_Regular_File first checks if the
|
|
498 -- file exists relative to the current directory. If it does not, or if
|
|
499 -- the File_Name given is a simple file name, the Path argument is parsed
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|
500 -- according to OS conventions, and for each directory in the Path a check
|
|
501 -- is made if File_Name is a relative pathname of a regular file from that
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502 -- directory.
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|
503 --
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|
504 -- Note that this function allocates some memory for the returned value.
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|
505 -- This memory needs to be deallocated after use.
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|
506
|
|
507 Seek_Cur : constant := 1;
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508 Seek_End : constant := 2;
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|
509 Seek_Set : constant := 0;
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510 -- Used to indicate origin for Lseek call
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|
511
|
|
512 procedure Lseek
|
|
513 (FD : File_Descriptor;
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|
514 offset : Long_Integer;
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515 origin : Integer);
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|
516 pragma Import (C, Lseek, "__gnat_lseek");
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|
517 -- Sets the current file pointer to the indicated offset value, relative
|
|
518 -- to the current position (origin = SEEK_CUR), end of file (origin =
|
|
519 -- SEEK_END), or start of file (origin = SEEK_SET).
|
|
520
|
|
521 function Normalize_Pathname
|
|
522 (Name : String;
|
|
523 Directory : String := "";
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|
524 Resolve_Links : Boolean := True;
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|
525 Case_Sensitive : Boolean := True) return String;
|
|
526 -- Returns a file name as an absolute path name, resolving all relative
|
|
527 -- directories, and symbolic links. If Name is a relative path, it is
|
|
528 -- interpreted relative to Directory, or to the current directory if
|
|
529 -- Directory is the empty string (the default). The result returned is
|
|
530 -- the normalized name of the file, containing no "." or ".." components,
|
|
531 -- and no duplicated directory separators. For most cases, if two file
|
|
532 -- names designate the same file through different paths,
|
|
533 -- Normalize_Pathname will return the same canonical name in both cases.
|
|
534 -- However, there are cases when this is not true; for example, this is
|
|
535 -- not true in Unix for two hard links designating the same file.
|
|
536 --
|
|
537 -- On Windows, the returned path will start with a drive letter. If
|
|
538 -- Directory is empty (the default) and Name is a relative path or an
|
|
539 -- absolute path without drive letter, the letter of the current drive
|
|
540 -- will start the returned path. If Case_Sensitive is True (the default),
|
|
541 -- then this drive letter will be forced to upper case ("C:\...").
|
|
542 --
|
|
543 -- If Resolve_Links is set to True, then the symbolic links, on systems
|
|
544 -- that support them, will be fully converted to the name of the file or
|
|
545 -- directory pointed to. This is slightly less efficient, since it
|
|
546 -- requires system calls.
|
|
547 --
|
|
548 -- If Name cannot be resolved, is invalid (for example if it is too big) or
|
|
549 -- is null on entry (for example if there is symbolic link circularity,
|
|
550 -- e.g. A is a symbolic link for B, and B is a symbolic link for A), then
|
|
551 -- Normalize_Pathname returns an empty string.
|
|
552 --
|
|
553 -- For case-sensitive file systems, the value of Case_Sensitive parameter
|
|
554 -- is ignored. For file systems that are not case-sensitive, such as
|
|
555 -- Windows, if this parameter is set to False, then the file and directory
|
|
556 -- names are folded to lower case. This allows checking whether two files
|
|
557 -- are the same by applying this function to their names and comparing the
|
|
558 -- results. If Case_Sensitive is set to True, this function does not change
|
|
559 -- the casing of file and directory names.
|
|
560
|
|
561 function Open_Append
|
|
562 (Name : String;
|
|
563 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
|
|
564 -- Opens file Name for appending, returning its file descriptor. File
|
|
565 -- descriptor returned is Invalid_FD if the file cannot be successfully
|
|
566 -- opened.
|
|
567
|
|
568 function Open_Read
|
|
569 (Name : String;
|
|
570 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
|
|
571 -- Open file Name for reading, returning its file descriptor. File
|
|
572 -- descriptor returned is Invalid_FD if the file cannot be opened.
|
|
573
|
|
574 function Open_Read_Write
|
|
575 (Name : String;
|
|
576 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
|
|
577 -- Open file Name for both reading and writing, returning its file
|
|
578 -- descriptor. File descriptor returned is Invalid_FD if the file
|
|
579 -- cannot be opened.
|
|
580
|
|
581 function Read
|
|
582 (FD : File_Descriptor;
|
|
583 A : System.Address;
|
|
584 N : Integer) return Integer;
|
|
585 -- Read N bytes to address A from file referenced by FD. Returned value is
|
|
586 -- count of bytes actually read, which can be less than N at EOF.
|
|
587
|
|
588 procedure Rename_File
|
|
589 (Old_Name : String;
|
|
590 New_Name : String;
|
|
591 Success : out Boolean);
|
|
592 -- Rename a file. Success is set True or False indicating if the rename is
|
|
593 -- successful or not.
|
|
594 --
|
|
595 -- WARNING: In one very important respect, this function is significantly
|
|
596 -- non-portable. If New_Name already exists then on Unix systems, the call
|
|
597 -- deletes the existing file, and the call signals success. On Windows, the
|
|
598 -- call fails, without doing the rename operation. See also the procedure
|
|
599 -- Ada.Directories.Rename, which portably provides the windows semantics,
|
|
600 -- i.e. fails if the output file already exists.
|
|
601
|
|
602 -- The following defines the mode for the Copy_File procedure below. Note
|
|
603 -- that "time stamps and other file attributes" in the descriptions below
|
|
604 -- refers to the creation and last modification times, and also the file
|
|
605 -- access (read/write/execute) status flags.
|
|
606
|
|
607 procedure Set_Close_On_Exec
|
|
608 (FD : File_Descriptor;
|
|
609 Close_On_Exec : Boolean;
|
|
610 Status : out Boolean);
|
|
611 -- When Close_On_Exec is True, mark FD to be closed automatically when new
|
|
612 -- program is executed by the calling process (i.e. prevent FD from being
|
|
613 -- inherited by child processes). When Close_On_Exec is False, mark FD to
|
|
614 -- not be closed on exec (i.e. allow it to be inherited). Status is False
|
|
615 -- if the operation could not be performed.
|
|
616
|
|
617 S_Owner : constant := 1;
|
|
618 S_Group : constant := 2;
|
|
619 S_Others : constant := 4;
|
|
620 -- Constants for use in Mode parameter to Set_Executable
|
|
621
|
|
622 procedure Set_Executable (Name : String; Mode : Positive := S_Owner);
|
|
623 -- Change permissions on the file given by Name to make it executable
|
|
624 -- for its owner, group or others, according to the setting of Mode.
|
|
625 -- As indicated, the default if no Mode parameter is given is owner.
|
|
626
|
|
627 procedure Set_File_Last_Modify_Time_Stamp (Name : String; Time : OS_Time);
|
|
628 -- Given the name of a file or directory, Name, set the last modification
|
|
629 -- time stamp. This function must be used for an unopened file.
|
|
630
|
|
631 procedure Set_Non_Readable (Name : String);
|
|
632 -- Change permissions on the named file to make it non-readable for
|
|
633 -- its owner. The writable and executable permissions are not
|
|
634 -- modified.
|
|
635
|
|
636 procedure Set_Non_Writable (Name : String);
|
|
637 -- Change permissions on the named file to make it non-writable for its
|
|
638 -- owner. The readable and executable permissions are not modified.
|
|
639
|
|
640 procedure Set_Read_Only (Name : String) renames Set_Non_Writable;
|
|
641 -- This renaming is provided for backwards compatibility with previous
|
|
642 -- versions. The use of Set_Non_Writable is preferred (clearer name).
|
|
643
|
|
644 procedure Set_Readable (Name : String);
|
|
645 -- Change permissions on the named file to make it readable for its
|
|
646 -- owner.
|
|
647
|
|
648 procedure Set_Writable (Name : String);
|
|
649 -- Change permissions on the named file to make it writable for its owner
|
|
650
|
|
651 function Write
|
|
652 (FD : File_Descriptor;
|
|
653 A : System.Address;
|
|
654 N : Integer) return Integer;
|
|
655 -- Write N bytes from address A to file referenced by FD. The returned
|
|
656 -- value is the number of bytes written, which can be less than N if a
|
|
657 -- disk full condition was detected.
|
|
658
|
|
659 -- The following section contains low-level routines using addresses to
|
|
660 -- pass file name and executable name. In each routine the name must be
|
|
661 -- Nul-Terminated. For complete documentation refer to the equivalent
|
|
662 -- routine (using String in place of C_File_Name) defined above.
|
|
663
|
|
664 subtype C_File_Name is System.Address;
|
|
665 -- This subtype is used to document that a parameter is the address of a
|
|
666 -- null-terminated string containing the name of a file.
|
|
667
|
|
668 procedure Copy_File
|
|
669 (Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
670 Pathname : C_File_Name;
|
|
671 Success : out Boolean;
|
|
672 Mode : Copy_Mode := Copy;
|
|
673 Preserve : Attribute := Time_Stamps);
|
|
674
|
|
675 procedure Copy_Time_Stamps
|
|
676 (Source : C_File_Name;
|
|
677 Dest : C_File_Name;
|
|
678 Success : out Boolean);
|
|
679
|
|
680 function Create_File
|
|
681 (Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
682 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
|
|
683
|
|
684 function Create_New_File
|
|
685 (Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
686 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
|
|
687
|
|
688 procedure Delete_File (Name : C_File_Name; Success : out Boolean);
|
|
689
|
|
690 function File_Time_Stamp (Name : C_File_Name) return OS_Time;
|
|
691
|
|
692 function Is_Directory (Name : C_File_Name) return Boolean;
|
|
693 function Is_Executable_File (Name : C_File_Name) return Boolean;
|
|
694 function Is_Owner_Readable_File (Name : C_File_Name) return Boolean;
|
|
695 function Is_Regular_File (Name : C_File_Name) return Boolean;
|
|
696 function Is_Symbolic_Link (Name : C_File_Name) return Boolean;
|
|
697 function Is_Owner_Writable_File (Name : C_File_Name) return Boolean;
|
|
698
|
|
699 function Locate_Regular_File
|
|
700 (File_Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
701 Path : C_File_Name) return String_Access;
|
|
702
|
|
703 function Open_Append
|
|
704 (Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
705 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
|
|
706
|
|
707 function Open_Read
|
|
708 (Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
709 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
|
|
710
|
|
711 function Open_Read_Write
|
|
712 (Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
713 Fmode : Mode) return File_Descriptor;
|
|
714
|
|
715 procedure Rename_File
|
|
716 (Old_Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
717 New_Name : C_File_Name;
|
|
718 Success : out Boolean);
|
|
719
|
|
720 ------------------
|
|
721 -- Subprocesses --
|
|
722 ------------------
|
|
723
|
|
724 subtype Argument_List is String_List;
|
|
725 -- Type used for argument list in call to Spawn. The lower bound of the
|
|
726 -- array should be 1, and the length of the array indicates the number of
|
|
727 -- arguments.
|
|
728
|
|
729 subtype Argument_List_Access is String_List_Access;
|
|
730 -- Type used to return Argument_List without dragging in secondary stack.
|
|
731 -- Note that there is a Free procedure declared for this subtype which
|
|
732 -- frees the array and all referenced strings.
|
|
733
|
|
734 type Process_Id is private;
|
|
735 -- A private type used to identify a process activated by the following
|
|
736 -- non-blocking calls. The only meaningful operation on this type is a
|
|
737 -- comparison for equality.
|
|
738
|
|
739 Invalid_Pid : constant Process_Id;
|
|
740 -- A special value used to indicate errors, as described below
|
|
741
|
|
742 function Current_Process_Id return Process_Id;
|
|
743 -- Returns the current process id or Invalid_Pid if not supported by the
|
|
744 -- runtime.
|
|
745
|
|
746 function Argument_String_To_List
|
|
747 (Arg_String : String) return Argument_List_Access;
|
|
748 -- Take a string that is a program and its arguments and parse it into an
|
|
749 -- Argument_List. Note that the result is allocated on the heap, and must
|
|
750 -- be freed by the programmer (when it is no longer needed) to avoid
|
|
751 -- memory leaks.
|
|
752 -- On Windows, backslashes are used as directory separators. On Unix,
|
|
753 -- however, they are used to escape the following character, so that for
|
|
754 -- instance "-d=name\ with\ space" is a single argument. In the result
|
|
755 -- list, the backslashes have been cleaned up when needed. The previous
|
|
756 -- example will thus result a single-element array, where the element is
|
|
757 -- "-d=name with space" (Unix) or "-d=name\ with\ space" (windows).
|
|
758
|
|
759 procedure Kill (Pid : Process_Id; Hard_Kill : Boolean := True);
|
|
760 -- Kill the process designated by Pid. Does nothing if Pid is Invalid_Pid
|
|
761 -- or on platforms where it is not supported, such as VxWorks. Hard_Kill
|
|
762 -- is True by default, and when True the process is terminated immediately.
|
|
763 -- If Hard_Kill is False, then a signal SIGINT is sent to the process on
|
|
764 -- POSIX OS or a ctrl-C event on Windows, allowing the process a chance to
|
|
765 -- terminate properly using a corresponding handler.
|
|
766
|
|
767 procedure Kill_Process_Tree (Pid : Process_Id; Hard_Kill : Boolean := True);
|
|
768 -- Kill the process designated by Pid and all it's children processes.
|
|
769 -- Does nothing if Pid is Invalid_Pid or on platforms where it is not
|
|
770 -- supported, such as VxWorks. Hard_Kill is True by default, and when True
|
|
771 -- the processes are terminated immediately. If Hard_Kill is False, then a
|
|
772 -- signal SIGINT is sent to the processes on POSIX OS or a ctrl-C event
|
|
773 -- on Windows, allowing the processes a chance to terminate properly
|
|
774 -- using a corresponding handler.
|
|
775 --
|
|
776 -- Note that this routine is not atomic and is supported only on Linux
|
|
777 -- and Windows. On other OS it will only kill the process identified by
|
|
778 -- Pid.
|
|
779
|
|
780 function Non_Blocking_Spawn
|
|
781 (Program_Name : String;
|
|
782 Args : Argument_List) return Process_Id;
|
|
783 -- This is a non blocking call. The Process_Id of the spawned process is
|
|
784 -- returned. Parameters are to be used as in Spawn. If Invalid_Pid is
|
|
785 -- returned the program could not be spawned.
|
|
786 --
|
|
787 -- Spawning processes from tasking programs is not recommended. See
|
|
788 -- "NOTE: Spawn in tasking programs" below.
|
|
789 --
|
|
790 -- This function will always return Invalid_Pid under VxWorks, since there
|
|
791 -- is no notion of executables under this OS.
|
|
792
|
|
793 function Non_Blocking_Spawn
|
|
794 (Program_Name : String;
|
|
795 Args : Argument_List;
|
|
796 Output_File_Descriptor : File_Descriptor;
|
|
797 Err_To_Out : Boolean := True) return Process_Id;
|
|
798 -- Similar to the procedure above, but redirects the output to the file
|
|
799 -- designated by Output_File_Descriptor. If Err_To_Out is True, then the
|
|
800 -- Standard Error output is also redirected. Invalid_Pid is returned
|
|
801 -- if the program could not be spawned successfully.
|
|
802 --
|
|
803 -- Spawning processes from tasking programs is not recommended. See
|
|
804 -- "NOTE: Spawn in tasking programs" below.
|
|
805 --
|
|
806 -- This function will always return Invalid_Pid under VxWorks, since there
|
|
807 -- is no notion of executables under this OS.
|
|
808
|
|
809 function Non_Blocking_Spawn
|
|
810 (Program_Name : String;
|
|
811 Args : Argument_List;
|
|
812 Output_File : String;
|
|
813 Err_To_Out : Boolean := True) return Process_Id;
|
|
814 -- Similar to the procedure above, but saves the output of the command to
|
|
815 -- a file with the name Output_File.
|
|
816 --
|
|
817 -- Invalid_Pid is returned if the output file could not be created or if
|
|
818 -- the program could not be spawned successfully.
|
|
819 --
|
|
820 -- Spawning processes from tasking programs is not recommended. See
|
|
821 -- "NOTE: Spawn in tasking programs" below.
|
|
822 --
|
|
823 -- This function will always return Invalid_Pid under VxWorks, since there
|
|
824 -- is no notion of executables under this OS.
|
|
825
|
|
826 function Non_Blocking_Spawn
|
|
827 (Program_Name : String;
|
|
828 Args : Argument_List;
|
|
829 Stdout_File : String;
|
|
830 Stderr_File : String) return Process_Id;
|
|
831 -- Similar to the procedure above, but saves the standard output of the
|
|
832 -- command to a file with the name Stdout_File and the standard output
|
|
833 -- of the command to a file with the name Stderr_File.
|
|
834
|
|
835 procedure Normalize_Arguments (Args : in out Argument_List);
|
|
836 -- Normalize all arguments in the list. This ensure that the argument list
|
|
837 -- is compatible with the running OS and will works fine with Spawn and
|
|
838 -- Non_Blocking_Spawn for example. If Normalize_Arguments is called twice
|
|
839 -- on the same list it will do nothing the second time. Note that Spawn
|
|
840 -- and Non_Blocking_Spawn call Normalize_Arguments automatically, but
|
|
841 -- since there is a guarantee that a second call does nothing, this
|
|
842 -- internal call will have no effect if Normalize_Arguments is called
|
|
843 -- before calling Spawn. The call to Normalize_Arguments assumes that the
|
|
844 -- individual referenced arguments in Argument_List are on the heap, and
|
|
845 -- may free them and reallocate if they are modified.
|
|
846
|
|
847 function Pid_To_Integer (Pid : Process_Id) return Integer;
|
|
848 -- Convert a process id to an Integer. Useful for writing hash functions
|
|
849 -- for type Process_Id or to compare two Process_Id (e.g. for sorting).
|
|
850
|
|
851 procedure Spawn
|
|
852 (Program_Name : String;
|
|
853 Args : Argument_List;
|
|
854 Success : out Boolean);
|
|
855 -- This procedure spawns a program with a given list of arguments. The
|
|
856 -- first parameter of is the name of the executable. The second parameter
|
|
857 -- contains the arguments to be passed to this program. Success is False
|
|
858 -- if the named program could not be spawned or its execution completed
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859 -- unsuccessfully. Note that the caller will be blocked until the
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860 -- execution of the spawned program is complete. For maximum portability,
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861 -- use a full path name for the Program_Name argument. On some systems
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862 -- (notably Unix systems) a simple file name may also work (if the
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863 -- executable can be located in the path).
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864 --
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865 -- Spawning processes from tasking programs is not recommended. See
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866 -- "NOTE: Spawn in tasking programs" below.
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867 --
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868 -- Note: Arguments in Args that contain spaces and/or quotes such as
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869 -- "--GCC=gcc -v" or "--GCC=""gcc -v""" are not portable across all
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870 -- operating systems, and would not have the desired effect if they were
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871 -- passed directly to the operating system. To avoid this problem, Spawn
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872 -- makes an internal call to Normalize_Arguments, which ensures that such
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873 -- arguments are modified in a manner that ensures that the desired effect
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874 -- is obtained on all operating systems. The caller may call
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875 -- Normalize_Arguments explicitly before the call (e.g. to print out the
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876 -- exact form of arguments passed to the operating system). In this case
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877 -- the guarantee a second call to Normalize_Arguments has no effect
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878 -- ensures that the internal call will not affect the result. Note that
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879 -- the implicit call to Normalize_Arguments may free and reallocate some
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880 -- of the individual arguments.
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881 --
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882 -- This function will always set Success to False under VxWorks and other
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883 -- similar operating systems which have no notion of the concept of
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884 -- dynamically executable file. Otherwise Success is set True if the exit
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885 -- status of the spawned process is zero.
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886
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887 function Spawn
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888 (Program_Name : String;
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889 Args : Argument_List) return Integer;
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890 -- Similar to the above procedure, but returns the actual status returned
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891 -- by the operating system, or -1 under VxWorks and any other similar
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892 -- operating systems which have no notion of separately spawnable programs.
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893 --
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894 -- Spawning processes from tasking programs is not recommended. See
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895 -- "NOTE: Spawn in tasking programs" below.
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896
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897 procedure Spawn
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898 (Program_Name : String;
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899 Args : Argument_List;
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900 Output_File_Descriptor : File_Descriptor;
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901 Return_Code : out Integer;
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902 Err_To_Out : Boolean := True);
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903 -- Similar to the procedure above, but redirects the output to the file
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904 -- designated by Output_File_Descriptor. If Err_To_Out is True, then the
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905 -- Standard Error output is also redirected.
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906 -- Return_Code is set to the status code returned by the operating system
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907 --
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908 -- Spawning processes from tasking programs is not recommended. See
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909 -- "NOTE: Spawn in tasking programs" below.
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910
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911 procedure Spawn
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912 (Program_Name : String;
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913 Args : Argument_List;
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914 Output_File : String;
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915 Success : out Boolean;
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916 Return_Code : out Integer;
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917 Err_To_Out : Boolean := True);
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918 -- Similar to the procedure above, but saves the output of the command to
|
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919 -- a file with the name Output_File.
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920 --
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921 -- Success is set to True if the command is executed and its output
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922 -- successfully written to the file. If Success is True, then Return_Code
|
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923 -- will be set to the status code returned by the operating system.
|
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924 -- Otherwise, Return_Code is undefined.
|
|
925 --
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926 -- Spawning processes from tasking programs is not recommended. See
|
|
927 -- "NOTE: Spawn in tasking programs" below.
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|
928
|
|
929 procedure Wait_Process (Pid : out Process_Id; Success : out Boolean);
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|
930 -- Wait for the completion of any of the processes created by previous
|
|
931 -- calls to Non_Blocking_Spawn. The caller will be suspended until one of
|
|
932 -- these processes terminates (normally or abnormally). If any of these
|
|
933 -- subprocesses terminates prior to the call to Wait_Process (and has not
|
|
934 -- been returned by a previous call to Wait_Process), then the call to
|
|
935 -- Wait_Process is immediate. Pid identifies the process that has
|
|
936 -- terminated (matching the value returned from Non_Blocking_Spawn).
|
|
937 -- Success is set to True if this sub-process terminated successfully. If
|
|
938 -- Pid = Invalid_Pid, there were no subprocesses left to wait on.
|
|
939 --
|
|
940 -- This function will always set success to False under VxWorks, since
|
|
941 -- there is no notion of executables under this OS.
|
|
942
|
|
943 procedure Non_Blocking_Wait_Process
|
|
944 (Pid : out Process_Id; Success : out Boolean);
|
|
945 -- Same as Wait_Process, except if there are no completed child processes,
|
|
946 -- return immediately without blocking, and return Invalid_Pid in Pid.
|
|
947 -- Not supported on all platforms; Success = False if not supported.
|
|
948
|
|
949 -------------------------------------
|
|
950 -- NOTE: Spawn in Tasking Programs --
|
|
951 -------------------------------------
|
|
952
|
|
953 -- Spawning processes in tasking programs using the above Spawn and
|
|
954 -- Non_Blocking_Spawn subprograms is not recommended, because there are
|
|
955 -- subtle interactions between creating a process and signals/locks that
|
|
956 -- can cause trouble. These issues are not specific to Ada; they depend
|
|
957 -- primarily on the operating system.
|
|
958
|
|
959 -- If you need to spawn processes in a tasking program, you will need to
|
|
960 -- understand the semantics of your operating system, and you are likely to
|
|
961 -- write non-portable code, because operating systems differ in this area.
|
|
962
|
|
963 -- The Spawn and Non_Blocking_Spawn subprograms call the following
|
|
964 -- operating system functions:
|
|
965
|
|
966 -- On Windows: spawnvp (blocking) or CreateProcess (non-blocking)
|
|
967
|
|
968 -- On Solaris: fork1, followed in the child process by execv
|
|
969
|
|
970 -- On other Unix-like systems: fork, followed in the child
|
|
971 -- process by execv.
|
|
972
|
|
973 -- On vxworks, spawning of processes is not supported
|
|
974
|
|
975 -- For details, look at the functions __gnat_portable_spawn and
|
|
976 -- __gnat_portable_no_block_spawn in adaint.c.
|
|
977
|
|
978 -- You should read the operating-system-specific documentation for the
|
|
979 -- above functions, paying special attention to subtle interactions with
|
|
980 -- threading, signals, locks, and file descriptors. Most of the issues are
|
|
981 -- related to the fact that on Unix, there is a window of time between fork
|
|
982 -- and execv; Windows does not have this problem, because spawning is done
|
|
983 -- in a single operation.
|
|
984
|
|
985 -- On Posix-compliant systems, such as Linux, fork duplicates just the
|
|
986 -- calling thread. (On Solaris, fork1 is the Posix-compliant version of
|
|
987 -- fork.)
|
|
988
|
|
989 -- You should avoid using signals while spawning. This includes signals
|
|
990 -- used internally by the Ada run-time system, such as timer signals used
|
|
991 -- to implement delay statements.
|
|
992
|
|
993 -- It is best to spawn any subprocesses very early, before the parent
|
|
994 -- process creates tasks, locks, or installs signal handlers. Certainly
|
|
995 -- avoid doing simultaneous spawns from multiple threads of the same
|
|
996 -- process.
|
|
997
|
|
998 -- There is no problem spawning a subprocess that uses tasking: the
|
|
999 -- problems are caused only by tasking in the parent.
|
|
1000
|
|
1001 -- If the parent is using tasking, and needs to spawn subprocesses at
|
|
1002 -- arbitrary times, one technique is for the parent to spawn (very early)
|
|
1003 -- a particular spawn-manager subprocess whose job is to spawn other
|
|
1004 -- processes. The spawn-manager must avoid tasking. The parent sends
|
|
1005 -- messages to the spawn-manager requesting it to spawn processes, using
|
|
1006 -- whatever inter-process communication mechanism you like, such as
|
|
1007 -- sockets.
|
|
1008
|
|
1009 -- In short, mixing spawning of subprocesses with tasking is a tricky
|
|
1010 -- business, and should be avoided if possible, but if it is necessary,
|
|
1011 -- the above guidelines should be followed, and you should beware of
|
|
1012 -- portability problems.
|
|
1013
|
|
1014 -------------------
|
|
1015 -- Miscellaneous --
|
|
1016 -------------------
|
|
1017
|
|
1018 function Errno return Integer;
|
|
1019 pragma Import (C, Errno, "__get_errno");
|
|
1020 -- Return the task-safe last error number
|
|
1021
|
|
1022 function Errno_Message
|
|
1023 (Err : Integer := Errno;
|
|
1024 Default : String := "") return String;
|
|
1025 -- Return a message describing the given Errno value. If none is provided
|
|
1026 -- by the system, return Default if not empty, else return a generic
|
|
1027 -- message indicating the numeric errno value.
|
|
1028
|
|
1029 function Getenv (Name : String) return String_Access;
|
|
1030 -- Get the value of the environment variable. Returns an access to the
|
|
1031 -- empty string if the environment variable does not exist or has an
|
|
1032 -- explicit null value (in some operating systems these are distinct
|
|
1033 -- cases, in others they are not; this interface abstracts away that
|
|
1034 -- difference. The argument is allocated on the heap (even in the null
|
|
1035 -- case), and needs to be freed explicitly when no longer needed to avoid
|
|
1036 -- memory leaks.
|
|
1037
|
|
1038 procedure OS_Abort;
|
|
1039 pragma Import (C, OS_Abort, "abort");
|
|
1040 pragma No_Return (OS_Abort);
|
|
1041 -- Exit to OS signalling an abort (traceback or other appropriate
|
|
1042 -- diagnostic information should be given if possible, or entry made to
|
|
1043 -- the debugger if that is possible).
|
|
1044
|
|
1045 procedure OS_Exit (Status : Integer);
|
|
1046 pragma No_Return (OS_Exit);
|
|
1047 -- Exit to OS with given status code (program is terminated). Note that
|
|
1048 -- this is abrupt termination. All tasks are immediately terminated. There
|
|
1049 -- are no finalization or other Ada-specific cleanup actions performed. On
|
|
1050 -- systems with atexit handlers (such as Unix and Windows), atexit handlers
|
|
1051 -- are called.
|
|
1052
|
|
1053 type OS_Exit_Subprogram is access procedure (Status : Integer);
|
|
1054
|
|
1055 procedure OS_Exit_Default (Status : Integer);
|
|
1056 pragma No_Return (OS_Exit_Default);
|
|
1057 -- Default implementation of procedure OS_Exit
|
|
1058
|
|
1059 OS_Exit_Ptr : OS_Exit_Subprogram := OS_Exit_Default'Access;
|
|
1060 -- OS_Exit is implemented through this access value. It it then possible to
|
|
1061 -- change the implementation of OS_Exit by redirecting OS_Exit_Ptr to an
|
|
1062 -- other implementation.
|
|
1063
|
|
1064 procedure Set_Errno (Errno : Integer);
|
|
1065 pragma Import (C, Set_Errno, "__set_errno");
|
|
1066 -- Set the task-safe error number
|
|
1067
|
|
1068 procedure Setenv (Name : String; Value : String);
|
|
1069 -- Set the value of the environment variable Name to Value. This call
|
|
1070 -- modifies the current environment, but does not modify the parent
|
|
1071 -- process environment. After a call to Setenv, Getenv (Name) will always
|
|
1072 -- return a String_Access referencing the same String as Value. This is
|
|
1073 -- true also for the null string case (the actual effect may be to either
|
|
1074 -- set an explicit null as the value, or to remove the entry, this is
|
|
1075 -- operating system dependent). Note that any following calls to Spawn
|
|
1076 -- will pass an environment to the spawned process that includes the
|
|
1077 -- changes made by Setenv calls.
|
|
1078
|
|
1079 Directory_Separator : constant Character;
|
|
1080 -- The character that is used to separate parts of a pathname
|
|
1081
|
|
1082 Path_Separator : constant Character;
|
|
1083 -- The character to separate paths in an environment variable value
|
|
1084
|
|
1085 private
|
|
1086 pragma Import (C, Path_Separator, "__gnat_path_separator");
|
|
1087 pragma Import (C, Directory_Separator, "__gnat_dir_separator");
|
|
1088 pragma Import (C, Current_Time, "__gnat_current_time");
|
|
1089 pragma Import (C, Current_Process_Id, "__gnat_current_process_id");
|
|
1090
|
|
1091 type OS_Time is
|
|
1092 range -(2 ** (Standard'Address_Size - Integer'(1))) ..
|
|
1093 +(2 ** (Standard'Address_Size - Integer'(1)) - 1);
|
|
1094 -- Type used for timestamps in the compiler. This type is used to hold
|
|
1095 -- time stamps, but may have a different representation than C's time_t.
|
|
1096 -- This type needs to match the declaration of OS_Time in adaint.h.
|
|
1097
|
|
1098 -- Add pragma Inline statements for comparison operations on OS_Time. It
|
|
1099 -- would actually be nice to use pragma Import (Intrinsic) here, but this
|
|
1100 -- was not properly supported till GNAT 3.15a, so that would cause
|
|
1101 -- bootstrap path problems. To be changed later ???
|
|
1102
|
|
1103 Invalid_Time : constant OS_Time := -1;
|
|
1104 -- This value should match the return value from __gnat_file_time_*
|
|
1105
|
|
1106 pragma Inline ("<");
|
|
1107 pragma Inline (">");
|
|
1108 pragma Inline ("<=");
|
|
1109 pragma Inline (">=");
|
|
1110
|
|
1111 type Process_Id is new Integer;
|
|
1112 Invalid_Pid : constant Process_Id := -1;
|
|
1113
|
|
1114 end System.OS_Lib;
|