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   3 --                         GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --                     A D A . C O M M A N D _ L I N E                      --
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  35
  36 pragma Compiler_Unit;
  37
  38 package Ada.Command_Line is
  39    pragma Preelaborate;
  40
  41    function Argument_Count return Natural;
  42    --  If the external execution environment supports passing arguments to a
  43    --  program, then Argument_Count returns the number of arguments passed to
  44    --  the program invoking the function. Otherwise it return 0.
  45    --
  46    --  In GNAT: Corresponds to (argc - 1) in C.
  47
  48    function Argument (Number : Positive) return String;
  49    --  If the external execution environment supports passing arguments to
  50    --  a program, then Argument returns an implementation-defined value
  51    --  corresponding to the argument at relative position Number. If Number
  52    --  is outside the range 1 .. Argument_Count, then Constraint_Error is
  53    --  propagated.
  54    --
  55    --  in GNAT: Corresponds to argv [n] (for n > 0) in C.
  56
  57    function Command_Name return String;
  58    --  If the external execution environment supports passing arguments to
  59    --  a program, then Command_Name returns an implementation-defined value
  60    --  corresponding to the name of the command invoking the program.
  61    --  Otherwise Command_Name returns the null string.
  62    --
  63    --  in GNAT: Corresponds to argv [0] in C.
  64
  65    type Exit_Status is new Integer;
  66
  67    Success : constant Exit_Status;
  68    Failure : constant Exit_Status;
  69
  70    procedure Set_Exit_Status (Code : Exit_Status);
  71
  72    ------------------------------------
  73    -- Note on Interface Requirements --
  74    ------------------------------------
  75
  76    --  Services in this package are not supported during the elaboration of an
  77    --  auto-initialized Stand-Alone Library.
  78
  79    --  If the main program is in Ada, this package works as specified without
  80    --  any other work than the normal steps of WITH'ing the package and then
  81    --  calling the desired routines.
  82
  83    --  If the main program is not in Ada, then the information must be made
  84    --  available for this package to work correctly. In particular, it is
  85    --  required that the global variable "gnat_argc" contain the number of
  86    --  arguments, and that the global variable "gnat_argv" points to an
  87    --  array of null-terminated strings, the first entry being the command
  88    --  name, and the remaining entries being the command arguments.
  89
  90    --  These correspond to the normal argc/argv variables passed to a C
  91    --  main program, and the following is an example of a complete C main
  92    --  program that stores the required information:
  93
  94    --    main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
  95    --    {
  96    --       extern int    gnat_argc;
  97    --       extern char **gnat_argv;
  98    --       extern char **gnat_envp;
  99    --       gnat_argc = argc;
 100    --       gnat_argv = argv;
 101    --       gnat_envp = envp;
 102
 103    --       adainit();
 104    --       adamain();
 105    --       adafinal();
 106    --    }
 107
 108    --  The assignment statements ensure that the necessary information is
 109    --  available for finding the command name and command line arguments.
 110
 111 private
 112    Success : constant Exit_Status := 0;
 113    Failure : constant Exit_Status := 1;
 114
 115    --  The following locations support the operation of the package
 116    --  Ada.Command_Line.Remove, which provides facilities for logically
 117    --  removing arguments from the command line. If one of the remove
 118    --  procedures is called in this unit, then Remove_Args/Remove_Count
 119    --  are set to indicate which arguments are removed. If no such calls
 120    --  have been made, then Remove_Args is null.
 121
 122    Remove_Count : Natural;
 123    --  Number of arguments reflecting removals. Not defined unless
 124    --  Remove_Args is non-null.
 125
 126    type Arg_Nums is array (Positive range <>) of Positive;
 127    type Arg_Nums_Ptr is access Arg_Nums;
 128    --  An array that maps logical argument numbers (reflecting removal)
 129    --  to physical argument numbers (e.g. if the first argument has been
 130    --  removed, but not the second, then Arg_Nums (1) will be set to 2.
 131
 132    Remove_Args : Arg_Nums_Ptr := null;
 133    --  Left set to null if no remove calls have been made, otherwise set
 134    --  to point to an appropriate mapping array. Only the first Remove_Count
 135    --  elements are relevant.
 136
 137    pragma Import (C, Set_Exit_Status, "__gnat_set_exit_status");
 138
 139 end Ada.Command_Line;