Al's Rexx Utilities had been updated (Dec 2025).

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Al's Rexx Utilities consist on:

  • DriveDir -  List contents of a drive/subdirectory chain matching dates, etc.
  • Xeroxit -  Copy/erase files from one source to another such that the logical contents are maintained as a 2nd copy.
  • TOC - Table of Contents. Maintains a listing of the contents of a 1 or more drives.
  • Two utilities:
    -- "MODPATH.cmd" to add/remove components of environment variable (PATH, DPATH, INCLUDE, etc).
    -- "SRCHPATH.cmd" to search the appropriate PATH, DPATH, HELP, INCLUDE, LIBPATH, etc setting to display which file (if any) the system might use.
  • get/set Long File Name - "Get_LFN.cmd" and "Set_LFN.cmd" to manage the .LONGNAME extended attribute on FAT drives.
  • enhanced RD - Recursively deletes most nested hidden/system/read only files and directories.
  • Synchronize Date and Time - Using the DayTime protocol, contacts one or more remote servers to synchronize the local clock.

Developed by Allen Heath.

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