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