REXX Utility Functions - Extended (RXUTILEX.DLL)
http://trac.netlabs.org/rexxlibs/

This library requires OS/2 4.5x, as it makes use of large file support 
functions (e.g. DosOpenL).


OBJECTIVE

The purpose behind the RXUTILEX library is that it should basically provide
everything that _should_ have been in RexxUtil, but isn't.  Specifically,
useful system-related functions of a relatively general-purpose nature,
as well as commonly-needed data formatting routines.

This includes things like
(* = already at least partially implemented):
 - clipboard access *
 - process management *
 - system information (like installed RAM*)
 - locked-file replacement *
 - wrappers for strftime()*, mktime()*, and strfmon()
 - named pipe creation/deletion *
 - functions to read/write huge (>2GB) files *
 - a string tokenizer
 - access to resources (DosGetResource)
and other things that the community decides is needed.

While it is true that many of these functions already exist in a scattering of
other REXX libraries, many of those other libraries are no longer maintained
and/or are closed-source, and cannot be updated by the community.  Others are
relatively special-purpose, and only include one or two general-utility
functions.

One of the main motivations of this project is to try and reduce "Yet Another
REXX Library" syndrome - wherein a REXX application requires a myriad of REXX
DLLs purely for the sake of one or two useful functions in each one.  It would
be nice if most of the commonly-required functions were available in a single
library.  Moreover, that library should be open source and maintained by the
OS/2 community, able to be updated and extended as needed.

On the other hand, it is also desirable to avoid overloading RXUTILEX with too
many functions.  RXUTILEX should be limited to providing functions which are
generally useful for a wide variety of applications.  (There will always be
relatively specialized areas of support which should continue to have their
own dedicated REXX libraries - RXLVM, for example.)


BUILD NOTES

The included Makefile is for the IBM C/C++ compiler.  Version 3.65 is 
required in order to support the parsing of 64-bit integers.


TERMS OF USE

  REXX Utility Functions - Extended (RXUTILEX)
  (C) 2011, 2017 Alex Taylor.

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The source code for RXUTILEX is available via SVN at
http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/rexxlibs/rxutilex/