1------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2--                                                                          --
3--                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
4--                                                                          --
5--                             M L I B . U T L                              --
6--                                                                          --
7--                                 S p e c                                  --
8--                                                                          --
9--            Copyright (C) 2001-2003, Ada Core Technologies, Inc           --
10--                                                                          --
11-- GNAT is free software;  you can  redistribute it  and/or modify it under --
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20-- MA 02111-1307, USA.                                                      --
21--                                                                          --
22-- GNAT was originally developed  by the GNAT team at  New York University. --
23-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc.      --
24--                                                                          --
25------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26
27--  This package provides an easy way of calling various tools such as gcc,
28--  ar, etc...
29
30package MLib.Utl is
31
32   No_Argument_List : constant Argument_List := (1 .. 0 => null);
33   --  Comment needed ???
34
35   procedure Delete_File (Filename : in String);
36   --  Delete the file Filename
37   --  Why is this different from the standard OS_Lib routine???
38
39   procedure Gcc
40     (Output_File : String;
41      Objects     : Argument_List;
42      Options     : Argument_List;
43      Driver_Name : Name_Id       := No_Name;
44      Options_2   : Argument_List := No_Argument_List);
45   --  Driver_Name indicates the "driver" to invoke; by default, the "driver"
46   --  is gcc.
47   --  This procedure invokes the driver to create a shared library.
48   --  Options are passed to gcc before the objects, Options_2 after.
49   --  Output_File is the name of the library file to create.
50   --  Objects are the names of the object files to put in the library.
51
52   procedure Ar
53     (Output_File : String;
54      Objects     : Argument_List);
55   --  Run ar to move all the binaries inside the archive.
56   --  If ranlib is on the path, run it also.
57   --  Arguments need documenting ???
58
59   function Lib_Directory return String;
60   --  Return the directory containing libgnat
61
62end MLib.Utl;
63