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RexxMast
Launches the ARexx resident process. The RexxMast program (which is
located in the sys:System drawer of standard workbench disks) is the
interpreter which must be running on the system before an ARexx script
can be executed.
METHODS OF STARTING REXXMAST
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To make ARexx available whenever needed, RexxMast should be started with a
command in one of the files that are automatically run when the computer
boots up. To do that, the icon for RexxMast can be placed in the WBStartup
drawer of the Workbench or the following line can be added to the file
s:user-startup.
rexxmast > nil:
It may be necessary to include the full path ('sys:system/rexxmast', for
example) if the drawer in which the program is located has not been added
to the system's command search path.
If it is not started as part of the startup sequence, RexxMast can be
started by double-clicking on its icon located in the sys:system directory.
A third alternative is to launch a script using the RX utility. That
command will start RexxMast if it is not available.
However it is started, RexxMast will continue to run in the background
until it is specifically halted with the RXC command.