DLL Library – PLUSLIB.DLL
Maintenance Utility  
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A maintenance utility '*plus/dll/maint' is provided with the PxPlus that allows you to build a DLL Library from existing programs and data files.   This simple text based utility accepts the following commands:

Command

Function

ADD xxxx , …

The ADD directive will add one or more programs/files to the currently open library.   The actual ADD operation will only take place when you issue an UPDATE command.   If you have multiple files to add, you can place the files names in an external text file and pass that file name to the ADD command prefixed by a greater than sign   (e.g. ADD <appl1 will add all files/programs listed in appl1 to the library)   See the section on File Lists for more details

CLOSE

Closes the currently open library.   If any changes are pending ( Add s or Remove s), you will be prompted to apply the UPDATE before closing the file.   If the update is not done, the pending changes will be lost.

HELP

Displays help text for the various commands

LIST >xxxx

List contents of the library.   If > xxxx is supplied, the output will be routed to the file specified in xxxx .

MAKE xxxx

Creates a new library and initializes it with the base line PLUSLIB.DLL found in *plus/dll/pluslib_base.dll)

OPEN xxxx

Open existing library.

REMOVE xxxx , ...

The REMOVE directive will remove one of more comma separated file(s) from the currently open DLL library.   The actual REMOVE operation will only take place when you issue an UPDATE command.   If you have multiple files to remove, you can place the files names in an external text file and pass that file name to the REMOVE command prefixed by a greater than sign   (e.g. REMOVE <appl1 will remove the   files/programs listed in appl1 from the library)   See the section on File Lists for more details.

UPDATE

Physically updates the library with any pending ADD or REMOVE operations.

QUIT

Exits utility

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