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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:49:49 +0100
From: Gautier <gautier DOT demontmollin AT maths DOT unine DOT ch>
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Waldemar Schultz wrote:

> After all I am using GPC 2.0(2.7.2.1) GNU Pascal to compile my old
> Turbo-Pascal(5.0) Files rather than translating them to C.

(...)

> Could someone please give me a hint how to catch bad I/O operations
> like "File not found" or "Can't open" and that other related stuff in
> GPC.

A solution is to use Ada: you'll have the comfort of Pascal and
a portable way to catch & handle IO results via standard exceptions.
There is a free GNAT compiler for DOS (DJGPP family) and a Turbo Pascal
to Ada95 translator (I have an improved version for TP6+ language
extensions)...

-- 
Gautier

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