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Subject: Re: How to run a GNAT program without starting a terminal session
From: Jerry <list_email@icloud.com>
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On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 11:21:40 AM UTC-7, Shark8 wrote:
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> Since you're talking about GNAT in particular you can use GNAT's System.OS_Lib package as detailed in the last example here: https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Execute_a_system_command#Ada

If I understand this example, the main program here, Execute_Synchronously, starts another process using the Spawn procedure, presumably without starting a separate session. I want the _main_ program to execute without starting a terminal session.

Jerry