Are there any script files that commonly compile large programs? Do you
have an example?
Thank you,
Christopher Lusardi

Chris L:

Are there any script files that commonly compile large programs? Do you
have an example?

Trying to remember my programming experience on VMS - 6 years ago
So, IIRC, you have to
1/ create a library (once) and set it (each session),
must be "acs lib create", "acs lib set"
2/ (once) compile each file (say xyz.ada) of your project with "ada
xyz.ada";
this should include it into the library, or else there is an ACS
command for that
3/ each time you want to recompile something (unit uvw), "acs comp uvw"
does
the job, with recompilations of depending units when necessary.

course the "help" command, from prompt or from acs, will help you

HTH, Gautier

Ada programming --

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In article <1151930575.129180.284470@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.c om>, "Chris L" <clusardi2k@aol.comwrites:

Are there any script files that commonly compile large programs? Do you
have an example?

The only Ada compiler I know of for VAX is VAX/DEC/Compaq/HP Ada.
As an Ada 83 compiler it includes the Ada Compilation System,
abbreviated as ACS.

Use a wildcard loop to compile all your source with the command

ADA/SYNTAX <filespec>

and then compile the whole thing with

ACS CMPILE *

my recollection is :

acs load *.ada
acs recompile *

was quite convenient.

HTH.

gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com wrote:
Chris L:

Are there any script files that commonly compile large programs? Do you
have an example?

Trying to remember my programming experience on VMS - 6 years ago
So, IIRC, you have to
1/ create a library (once) and set it (each session),
must be "acs lib create", "acs lib set"
2/ (once) compile each file (say xyz.ada) of your project with "ada
xyz.ada";
this should include it into the library, or else there is an ACS
command for that
3/ each time you want to recompile something (unit uvw), "acs comp uvw"
does
the job, with recompilations of depending units when necessary.

course the "help" command, from prompt or from acs, will help you

HTH, Gautier

Ada programming --

NB: For a direct answer, e-mail address on the Web site!

Chris L wrote:

Are there any script files that commonly compile large programs? Do you
have an example?

You mean VAX - which implies DecAda - and not a more modern VMS?

For compiling you won't need that much scripting. DecAda - like most
Ada's handle dependencies automaticly so compile is just:

acs load *.ada
acs compile *
acs link Main.ada

However on large systems you might want to break sources down into
several libraries - in which case you also need

acs merge /Keep *

and you should create your libraries with

acs create library /Large

For all commands you get extra help with

help acs create library /Large

But I guess you know that allready. And from there it is just a matter
of a few dcl or mms scripts. And to answer your questions: There are no
common files - the (dcl) scripts I use are highly specific and won't
help you.

Martin

Mon, 2006-07-03 at 23:19 -0700, Martin Krischik wrote:

For compiling you won't need that much scripting. DecAda - like most
Ada's handle dependencies automaticly so compile is just:

Can I add to the wikibook wishlist then that
the explanations of VAX Ada are collected into a page,
by someone who knows the system? Seeing a compilation system
that really has commands for creating and manipulating libraries
teaches (me, at least) that the phrase "put that unit into the
library" is more than implicit, and not a formal fantasy.

This also has some brief explanations,
http://loki.stockton.edu/~

-- Georg

acs load *.ada
acs recompile *
That's what I'd use for multiple source compilation.
The recompile command will figure out the order of compilation units to
compile.
Is this what Chris L is looking for?
Charlie

>#DecAda_for_VMS
Looks good.
Nits:
- "DecAda" was called "DEC Ada"
- Its now "HP Ada"
If users do searches to find this, it might help to have the correct names
with spaces in the product.
Hasn't been caled VAX Ada in many years

Well I work with DEC Ada every day and I did not know that it is called
HP
Ada nowadays. Everbody on the project calls it DEC Ada - as opposed to
GNAT
the other compiler we use.

Hardcopy documentation will say DEC Ada.

its been rebranded to HP Ada (was Compaq Ada).