[HECnet] Useful RSX stuff

On 2013-05-04 19:41, Pontus wrote: Are these available on a vanilla RSX, or are they your/updates additions? All of them works on a vanilla RSX system, but none of them are distributed with RSX. Johnny /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 -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol