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-- --
-- GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS --
-- --
-- A D A . C O M M A N D _ L I N E . R E S P O N S E _ F I L E --
-- --
-- S p e c --
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-- Copyright (C) 2007-2009, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
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-- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
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-- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
-- --
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-- This package is intended to be used in conjunction with its parent unit,
-- Ada.Command_Line. It provides facilities for getting command line arguments
-- from a text file, called a "response file".
--
-- Using a response file allow passing a set of arguments to an executable
-- longer than the maximum allowed by the system on the command line.
pragma Compiler_Unit;
with System.Strings;
package Ada.Command_Line.Response_File is
subtype String_Access is System.Strings.String_Access;
-- type String_Access is access all String;
procedure Free (S : in out String_Access) renames System.Strings.Free;
-- To deallocate a String
subtype Argument_List is System.Strings.String_List;
-- type String_List is array (Positive range <>) of String_Access;
Max_Line_Length : constant := 4096;
-- The maximum length of lines in a response file
File_Does_Not_Exist : exception;
-- Raise by Arguments_From when a response file cannot be found
Line_Too_Long : exception;
-- Raise by Arguments_From when a line in the response file is longer than
-- Max_Line_Length.
No_Closing_Quote : exception;
-- Raise by Arguments_From when a quoted string does not end before the
-- end of the line.
Circularity_Detected : exception;
-- Raise by Arguments_From when Recursive is True and the same response
-- file is reading itself, either directly or indirectly.
function Arguments_From
(Response_File_Name : String;
Recursive : Boolean := False;
Ignore_Non_Existing_Files : Boolean := False)
return Argument_List;
-- Read response file with name Response_File_Name and return the argument
-- it contains as an Argument_List. It is the responsibility of the caller
-- to deallocate the strings in the Argument_List if desired. When
-- Recursive is True, any argument of the form @file_name indicates the
-- name of another response file and is replaced by the arguments in this
-- response file.
--
-- Each non empty line of the response file contains one or several
-- arguments separated by white space. Empty lines or lines containing only
-- white space are ignored. Arguments containing white space or a double
-- quote ('"')must be quoted. A double quote inside a quote string is
-- indicated by two consecutive double quotes. Example: "-Idir with quote
-- "" and spaces" Non white space characters immediately before or after a
-- quoted string are part of the same argument. Example -Idir" with "spaces
--
-- When a response file cannot be found, exception File_Does_Not_Exist is
-- raised if Ignore_Non_Existing_Files is False, otherwise the response
-- file is ignored. Exception Line_Too_Long is raised when a line of a
-- response file is longer than Max_Line_Length. Exception No_Closing_Quote
-- is raised when a quoted argument is not closed before the end of the
-- line. Exception Circularity_Detected is raised when a Recursive is True
-- and a response file is reading itself, either directly or indirectly.
end Ada.Command_Line.Response_File;