How do you get files with extension from folder in Ada95?

Question

I'm trying to create a function that will look for all .dll files in a specified folder, plugins.

All of my web searches (Ada Directories) have work perfectly under Ada 2005, but I need a function that will work for Ada 95. It is to my knowledge that Ada 95 does not have the Ada.Directories extension.

How would I go about walking through the file system to find .dll files in Ada 95? Are there any good starting points out there that I may have overlooked?

Answer 1

There is (as you have noticed) no solution to your problem in the Ada 95 standard libraries.

If your program is for GNAT only, you could use GNAT.Directory_Operations.

If your program is for Unix systems only, but not only for GNAT, you could import the relevant C functions.