Why are my attempts to open a file using open for writing failing? Ada 95

Question

When I attempt to open a file to write to I get an Ada.IO_Exceptions.Name_Error.

The procedure call is Ada.Text_IO.Open

The file name is "C:\CC_TEST_LOG.TXT". This file does not exist.

This is on Windows XP on an NTFS partition. The user has permissions to create and write to the directory. The filename is well under the WIN32 max path length.

 name_2 : String := "C:\CC_TEST_LOG.TXT"
 if name_2'last > name_2'first then
    begin
       Ada.Text_IO.Open(file, Ada.Text_IO.Out_File, name_2);
       Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line(
          "CC_Test_Utils: LogFile: ERROR: Open, File "
          & name_2);
       return;
    exception
       when The_Error : others =>
          Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line(
             "CC_Test_Utils: LogFile: ERROR: Open Failed; "
              & Ada.Exceptions.Exception_Name(The_Error)
              & ", File " & name_2);
    end;
 end if;

Answer 1

If the "file does not exist," you should Create it first.

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