MKS Toolkit: Essential development tools for programmers

MKS Toolkit 4.4 is a complete set of the most powerful programming utilities available for your PC. MKS Toolkit 4.4 will run on both Windows NT 3.5 and Windows 95 operating systems. Other new features include 32-bit Vi for Windows; tape utilities for data transfer, allowing data exchange between UNIX and Windows 95 and 32-bit Scheduler for Windows ( like a Windows cron). New features to users upgrading from the DOS Toolkit include: access to 32 bit utilities, and start, copy, wpaste, msgbox and filebox. Other core utilities, vdiff for WIN16, viw for WIN32 and Toolkit launcher have also been upgraded for the most recent Beta release of Windows 95. MKS Toolkit also offers MKS Make software construction tools, and complete reference documentation available through Windows Help.

MKS Toolkit 4.4 is available for Windows NT and Windows 95

Features for New MKS Toolkit 4.4

• Tape utilities for data transfer
• Windows Scheduler (Windows cron)
• 32-bit utilities
• hypertext reference manual
• Vi for Windows
• support for multitasking
• support for enhanced FAT in NT 3.5 and Windows 95
• updated POSIX compatibility

Description

MKS Toolkit consists of more than 190 tools designed to work independently or in combination to increase your productivity. Read on to discover some of the

many uses of this rich tool set.

Tools for any task

Desktop tools:

• KornShell performs many time saving functions such as command aliasing, command recall and control structures
• Help reference manual
• use calendar to manage your schedule and remind you of important meetings and deadlines
• spell check your files or words interactively from the NT prompt
• du determines disk usage of all software loaded on your machine
• use on-line help and man pages
• Windows NT 3.5 and Windows NT specific tools: use filebox and msgbox to add graphical elements to KornShell scripts. Also, cut and paste to the Windows clipboard using wcopy & wpaste.

Editing tools:

• use the vi full screen editor to interactively edit text files up to 500,000 lines in length
• use ed and sed to manipulate text files
• the command line editor enables you to make quick changes to previous commands you have entered

File manipulation tools:

• grep enables you to search files for any string or pattern of characters
• write simple data processing programs and quickly prototype complicated database applications using the AWK programming language
• AWK compiler creates free-standing NT programs, allowing you to create and distribute applications freely, without royalties
• copy, move and rename entire directory hierarchies with a single command
• find searches for any file on your system
• set permissions on files
• list directory contents in many different ways using ls and lc
• save disk space by compressing large files
• sort files by a field or any combination of fields

File transfer utilities:

• tar, cpio, pax, and dd enable the transfer of data between DOS, NT, OS/2 and UNIX via floppy disk or tape drive
• use mt to control tape drive functions such as rewind
• use dd or iconv to convert data, enabling you to read in one format and write in another format

Security tools:

• encrypt files to secure your sensitive data

UNIX compatibility:

• MKS Toolkit gives you the look and feel of UNIX on your PC
• familiar tools such as sh, vi, awk, make, and more
• MKS Toolkit tracks the emerging POSIX and X/Open standards for open systems
• fully compatible with UNIX
• System V
• BSD

Advanced features:

Vi for Windows

• complete menu-driven Windows application with fully functional scroll bars, font selections, mouse support, and scaleable windows
• dialog boxes are provided to open files, set vi options and enter macros

Multitasking

• jobs can run in the background with `&'
• create new console windows with start
• time the execution of programs
• view current processes with ps

32-bit utilities

• most utilities are 32-bit as MKS Toolkit 4.4 is specifically designed for Windows NT and Windows 95

Graphical interface

• Windows icons make it easy to access frequently used commands, such as: visual diff, KornShell, Vi for windows, on-line reference manual

Automatic configuration builder

• MKS Toolkit includes Make software construction tools to keep your files "in-synch"
• specify what needs to be done to update interdependent files and MKS Make automatically performs precise, repeatable updates whenever necessary

Installation options

• variable installation lets you load only those tools you need, saving valuable disk space - essential for notebook users
• the installation program automatically sets up a program group for MKS Toolkit and creates icons for popular commands

Documentation

• Reference, User, and Installation manuals containing command descriptions, tutorials and examples are included
• on-line manual pages in text and Windows Help format

Command Library

ar asa awk awkc banner basename bc bdiff c cal calendar cat cc chmod cksum clear cmp col comm compress cp cpio crypt csplit ctags cut date dc dd deroff

dev df diff diff3 diffh dircmp dirname du echo ed egrep env ex expand expr felse fgrep file filebox find fmt fold getconf getopt grep gres head help iconv

id join kill lc line logname look ls m4 mailx make man mkdir mksdiag mksinfo more msgbox mt mv nl nm od pack paste patch pathchk pax pcat pg pr printf ps

pwd red rev rm rmdir rsh sed sh size sleep sort spell split start strings sum sync tail tar tee test time touch tr true tsort tty uname uncompre unexpand

uniq unpack uudecode uuencode vdiff vi viw wc wcopy which wpaste xargs zcat

System requirements

• 12 MB Hard disk space
• MS Windows NT 3.1 and above (Intel) and Windows 95
• 1.44 MB, 3.5" disk drive

Other available platforms

• DOS/Windows.3.1 and above
• OS/2 2.0 and above
• NT 3.1 and above (Alpha AXP, MIPS)

"MKS Toolkit is the most important software I own."

- Jake Ford, Software Mechanics

"I can't imagine programming in the trenches without many of the utilities MKS Toolkit offers."

- Byte magazine

"MKS software is a must for any PC user."

- David Rein, DBR Consulting

"UNIX programmers working on NT-hosted development but pining for the KornShell, look no further. Mortice Kern's MKS Toolkit for NT has faithfully reproduced the interface, feel, and function of that venerable toolset in the 32-bit Windows environment."

- Windows Sources Magazine

MKS and MKS Toolkit are trademarks of Mortice Kern Systems Inc. Various trademarks are used in this document and all are acknowledged by MKS.