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REXX/imc 1.7 News
Version 1.7 has several minor features added and some bugs fixed. See the
HISTORY file for a detailed list of changes. There are a few important
changes which affect the way in which the interpreter is invoked:
- The default file extension has been changed to ".rexx" because ".exec"
is an anomalous leftover from CMS and not really relevant to the Unix
environment. If you have Rexx programs ending in ".exec" and do not wish
to rename them then set the environment variable REXXEXT to the value
".exec". The default extension could also be changed at compile time
to avoid having to set the environment variable.
- The "-x" flag is no longer necessary merely to avoid the ".rexx" being
added to the program name you supply. The interpreter will now find the
program without the extension if it is not present with the extension.
- When REXX/imc is installed, the Rexx function package is no longer placed
in the binary directory, but in the library directory (or any other
directory that you specify). The path which REXX/imc searches for
function packages is compiled in (but may still be overridden with the
REXXLIB environment variable). If there are pre-compiled binaries then
it is possible that they retain the old behaviour of looking in the
binary directory, in order to avoid having a specific path compiled
in.
Other new features in version 1.7 include:
- Limited date conversion and time conversion by passing three arguments
to the DATE and TIME functions (see the Rexx Reference for details).
The DATE function is also now Year 2000 compatible.
- New stream commands, including most of the QUERY commands from OS/2 Rexx.
- RxFuncAdd, RxFuncDrop and RxFuncQuery functions which allow a Rexx
program to load an external function package.
- RexxRegisterFunctionDll has been added to the API.
- The package now includes Unix manual pages.