---
name: "adactl_fix"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "adacontrol"
version: "1.21r6b-7"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/adactl_fix"
---

# adactl\_fix(1)

Ada rules controller, automatic fixer

## NAME

adactl\_fix - Ada rules controller, automatic fixer

## SYNOPSIS

**adactl\_fix** \[**-v**\] \[**-o** *output prefix*\] *file* ...

**adactl\_fix -h**

## DESCRIPTION

**adactl\_fix** reads the indicated *file*s, as produced by **adactl**, and performs the corresponding fixes. The modified files are printed on the standard output, which can be redirected to a file for later splitting at an appropriate place with **gnatchop**.

This command line tool directly edits source files. A similar interactive tool is provided as a **gnat-gps** plugin. If you select this tool, you should read the related section of the reference manual before using it.

AdaControl is an Ada rules controller. It is used to control that Ada software meets the requirements of a number of parameterizable rules. It is not intended to supplement checks made by the compiler, but rather to search for particular violations of good-practice rules, or to check that some rules are obeyed project-wide.

Commercial support is available for AdaControl, see file */usr/share/doc/adacontrol/support.txt*. If you plan to use AdaControl for industrial projects, or if you want it to be customized or extended to match your own needs, please contact Adalog at **info@adalog.fr**.

## OPTIONS

- **-o** *output\_prefix*

  Output each modified file to a file whose name is obtained by prefixing *output\_prefix* to the original name of the corresponding source file. The prefix can be any string, and is not analyzed by Adactl\_Fix. A prefix like **result/** will result in all the output going to the directory **result**, with the same name as the original. Alternatively, a prefix like **new-** will result in all output files being in the same directory. Adactl\_Fix will overwrite any existing file with the same name.

- **-v**

  Display actions to standard output.

- **-h**

  Print a brief help message and exits, ignoring all other options and parameters.

## AUTHOR

AdaControl was developed by Adalog ⟨URL: http://www.adalog.fr ⟩ under contract with Eurocontrol ⟨URL: http://www.eurocontrol.int ⟩. The copyright is jointly owned by Adalog and Eurocontrol.

This manual page was written by Nicolas Boulenguez \<nicolas@debian.org\> and is licensed under terms of the GNU General Public License.

## SEE ALSO

AdaControl User's Guide, available in Info, PDF, and HTML in */usr/share/doc/adacontrol*.

AdaControl Programmer's Guide, available in Info, PDF, and HTML in */usr/share/doc/adacontrol*.