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From: self@lafite.ics.uci.edu (John Self)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: portable file copying in Ada
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Date: 30 Jul 90 18:49:30 GMT
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Is it possible to write a portable procedure to copy non-text files in
Ada?  What should I use for the element type when I instantiate
SEQUENTIAL_IO?   The procedure I want to write takes two file names,
and copies the contents of the file named by the first to the second.
I will not do any interpretation of the file, I just need to make an
exact copy of the contents.  If the underlying operating system is
based on files containing bytes, then I want to copy bytes.  If it
uses packed 27 bit words I'd be happy to copy those.

					Thanks,
						John Self
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