This directory contains several utilities for the general user. They include: a program to read UNIX archive files (AR11), two command files for executing DCL commands either in batch or as subprocesses (BATCH, FORK, and SPAWN), several default directory changers (CD, CHDIR, DEFAULT, SD), a logical name manipulator (LOGNAME), a communication program (SEND), a utility to set file protections (SETPROT), a FORTRAN interface to the DCL command interpreter (DCL), a free block utility (FREEBLOCK), and a utility to determine, from DCL command level, whether a given file exists or not (VALIDATE).