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--                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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--                                 M L I B                                  --
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--                                 S p e c                                  --
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--                            $Revision: 1.4 $
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--           Copyright (C) 1999-2001, Ada Core Technologies, Inc.           --
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-- GNAT is free software;  you can  redistribute it  and/or modify it under --
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--  This package provides the core high level routines used by GNATMLIB
--  and GNATMAKE to build libraries

with GNAT.OS_Lib; use GNAT.OS_Lib;

package MLib is

   Tools_Error : exception;
   --  ??? needs comment

   Max_Characters_In_Library_Name : constant := 20;
   --  ??? needs comment

   procedure Check_Library_Name (Name : String);
   --  Verify that the name of a library has the following characteristics
   --   - starts with a letter
   --   - includes only letters and digits
   --   - contains not more than Max_Characters_In_Library_Name characters

   procedure Build_Library
     (Ofiles      : Argument_List;
      Afiles      : Argument_List;
      Output_File : String;
      Output_Dir  : String);
   --  Build a static library from a set of object files

end MLib;