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