4 May
2013
4 May
'13
8:41 p.m.
Are these available on a vanilla RSX, or are they your/updates additions?
/Pontus
On 05/04/2013 05:02 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I thought I'd plug a little for a few utilities and tools that I have used, sometimes,
for years under RSX, that others might not know about, but find useful.
All of these can be found on MIM::DU:[4,54] unless stated otherwise. Let me know if you
are interested in sources, as I usually have those as well, but in various places.
COD - Convert files to/from plain text files. Useful when you want to transfer files over
a network where various file attributes might not be preserved.
DOB - Disassemble object files.
EDTACD,EMAACD,EXP - Get line editing both at the CLI prompt and in programs. Also gives
you filename expansion in the CLI. EDTACD have EDT-like keybindings, while EMAACD have
EMACS-like bindings. EXP is the task that helps with the filename expansions.
ERR - Given a number, gives the error symbol and explanation. Both for DSW, QIO results,
FCS and RMS. Can also be fed symbol names, and gives you the numeric value.
FINGER/CHFN - A finger (see Unix) like system.
GREP - Similar to the Unix tool. Can also search from stdin as well as redirect stdout to
a file.
MKE/MKERES/MKEFSL - A make program in the same style as Unix make. This one is patterned
on BSD make.
ORC - Disassemble object files.
RNO - Bonner Lab RUNOFF, with some fixes by me.
SPELL - Spell checker (from DECUS)
SRD - The well known directory program, with Y2K updates and fixes by me.
SYM - A program to extract symbol information from object files or STB files.
TAIL - Similar to Unix tail.
TEC - TECO V40 for RSX (fixed by me).
TECKEN - A simple character display program. Type text, and see what really comes
through.
TIN - Task Information. Check various bits of information about task files.
TPC/BIGTPC - The DECUS Tape copy program.
UPTIME - Show uptime, load and name of system.
USH - Unix style pipes in RSX. Inspired by the PIPE command in VMS.
VTL - The DECUS program to view files in a nice way.
I hope some people might be interested/find them useful. Some of them works equally well
in both 11M and M+, but some are very M+ only.
Johnny