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--
-- This file contains interface to functionalities required from the
-- hosting operating systems.  More to the point, it is mostly
-- a set of interfaces to native routines provided in the
-- supporting C runtime libopen-axiom-core.
--

import '"boot-pkg"
)package "BOOT"

++ change current working directory.
import changeDirectory for
  oa__chdir: string -> int -- 0: success, -1: failure

++ remove file or directory tree.
import removeFile for
  oa__unlink: string -> int -- 0: sucess, -1: failure

++ rename file or directory
import renameFile for
  oa__rename: (string,string) -> int  -- 0: success, -1 failure

++ create a directory
import mkdir for
  oa__mkdir: string -> int  -- 0: sucess, -1: failure.