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