|============================================================================== | drt/sys/readme.txt | Portable system library. | | 1.00, 1999-02-04, David R Tribble. | | Copyright ©1999 by David R. Tribble, all rights reserved. |------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PORTABLE SYSTEM LIBRARY This directory contains C and C++ source code which, when compiled, produces a library containing functions which provide a portable layer of low-level operations independent from the underlying operating system. Such low-level functions include support for: - Machine and compiler characteristics - Time and date - File and path name handling - Memory protection - Shared memory - Semaphore and mutex - Threads - Dynamic shared libraries - Unicode character I/O ... ... |------------------------------------------------------------------------------