Arexx

[swift240]

At one time I used Arexx a lot, well I still do from time to time.
The Arexx language is good to use.

So here is my question:-

How many of you use Arexx for your Amiga ?
And for what uses ?

Mike.

[kolla]

I do, for various tasks here and there. My last script just sets system time by connecting to remote unix shell over serial port. Too bad I used dignet.library that does not work on 68000, and I have been too lazy/busy to rewrite it for RxSerial for example, lol.

[LoadWB]

I use ARexx for almost all of my general scripting work.  I could use Perl in many cases, but I am more comfortable in ARexx.  Lately I have been doing more in Regina Rexx in Windows and have run into a problems with file handling even with Arexx compatibility enabled.

[redfox]

I use ARexx for variety of scripts, mostly simple tasks.  One example was a simple program I used while I was Treasurer for a club.  I used it to record cash, bank deposits and withdrawals.  It generated a file that I pasted into my report each month.  I used Final Writer 97 to type my report and another script written by someone else to save my report as a pdf file.  I also wrote a sendmail program and some email reader programs.  For text only emails.  Nothing fancy.  At first, my sendmail program called SMTPpost to actually send the email.  However, about 5 years ago, my internet service provider made some changes to the protocol, and I had to update my sendmail program to talk directly with server using the new protocol.