diff --git a/modules/src/string/bts2str.c b/modules/src/string/bts2str.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6a4705d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/bts2str.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*	bts2str() turns a row of bytes b with length n into string s
+	The ASCII set of characters is used.
+	86/03/17 EHB
+*/
+
+#define is_print(c)	((unsigned)((c) - ' ') <= '~' - ' ')
+
+char *
+bts2str(b, n, s)
+	char *b, *s;
+	register int n;
+{
+	register char *f = b, *t = s;
+
+	while (n-- > 0) {
+		if (is_print(*f))
+			*t++ = *f++;
+		else {
+			register int n = (*f++ & 0377);
+			register int i;
+			register char *p;
+
+			*t = '\\';
+			p = (t += 4);
+			for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+				*--p = (n & 07) + '0';
+				n >>= 3;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	*t = '\000';
+	return s;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/btscat.c b/modules/src/string/btscat.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5f3caf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/btscat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* btscat()
+*/
+
+char *
+btscat(b1, n1, b2, n2)
+	char *b1;
+	int n1;
+	register char *b2;
+	register int n2;
+{
+	register char *b = b1 + n1;
+
+	while (n2-- > 0)
+		*b++ = *b2++;
+	return b1;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/btscmp.c b/modules/src/string/btscmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32e794b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/btscmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* btscmp()
+*/
+
+int
+btscmp(b1, n1, b2, n2)
+	register char *b1, *b2;
+	int n1, n2;
+{
+	register n = (n1 <= n2) ? n1 : n2;
+
+	while (n-- > 0) {
+		if (*b1++ != *b2++)
+			return *--b1 - *--b2;
+	}
+	return n2 - n1;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/btscpy.c b/modules/src/string/btscpy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5c6adbb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/btscpy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* btscpy()
+*/
+
+char *
+btscpy(b1, b2, n)
+	register char *b1, *b2;
+	register int n;
+{
+	char *b1s = b1;
+
+	while (n-- > 0)
+		*b1++ = *b2++;
+	return b1s;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/btszero.c b/modules/src/string/btszero.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4aca369f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/btszero.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* btszero()
+*/
+
+char *
+btszero(b, n)
+	register char *b;
+	register int n;
+{
+	while (n-- > 0)
+		*b++ = '\0';
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/long2str.c b/modules/src/string/long2str.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b50eaa0e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/long2str.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* Integer to String translator
+	-> base is a value from [-16,-2] V [2,16]
+	-> base < 0: see 'val' as unsigned value
+	-> no checks for buffer overflow and illegal parameters
+	(1985, EHB)
+*/
+
+#define MAXWIDTH 32
+
+char *
+long2str(val, base)
+	register long val;
+	register base;
+{
+	static char numbuf[MAXWIDTH];
+	static char vec[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+	register char *p = &numbuf[MAXWIDTH];
+	int sign = (base > 0);
+
+	*--p = '\0';		/* null-terminate string	*/
+	if (val) {
+		if (base > 0) {
+			if (val < 0L) {
+				if ((val = -val) < 0L)
+					goto overflow;
+			}
+			else
+				sign = 0;
+		}
+		else
+		if (base < 0) {			/* unsigned */
+			base = -base;
+			if (val < 0L) {	/* taken from Amoeba src */
+				register mod, i;
+			overflow:
+				mod = 0;
+				for (i = 0; i < 8 * sizeof val; i++) {
+					mod <<= 1;
+					if (val < 0)
+						mod++;
+					val <<= 1;
+					if (mod >= base) {
+						mod -= base;
+						val++;
+					}
+				}
+				*--p = vec[mod];
+			}
+		}
+		do {
+			*--p = vec[(int) (val % base)];
+			val /= base;
+		} while (val != 0L);
+		if (sign)
+			*--p = '-';	/* don't forget it !!	*/
+	}
+	else
+		*--p = '0';		/* just a simple 0	*/
+	return p;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/str2bts.c b/modules/src/string/str2bts.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eec3b6459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/str2bts.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/* str2bts -- (1985, EHB)
+*/
+static
+is_oct(c)
+	char c;
+{
+	return (c == '0' || c == '1' || c == '2' || c == '3' ||
+		c == '4' || c == '5' || c == '6' || c == '7');
+}
+
+/*	str2bts() strips the escaped characters of a
+	string and replaces them by the ascii characters they stand for.
+	The ascii length of the resulting string is returned, including the
+	terminating null-character.
+*/
+char *
+str2bts(str, bts, pn)
+	register char *str;
+	char *bts;
+	int *pn;
+{
+	register char *t = bts;
+
+	while (*str) {
+		if (*str == '\\') {
+			switch (*++str) {
+			case 'b':
+				*t++ = '\b';
+				str++;
+				break;
+			case 'f':
+				*t++ = '\f';
+				str++;
+				break;
+			case 'n':
+				*t++ = '\n';
+				str++;
+				break;
+			case 'r':
+				*t++ = '\r';
+				str++;
+				break;
+			case 't':
+				*t++ = '\t';
+				str++;
+				break;
+			default:
+				if (is_oct(*str)) {
+					register cnt = 0, oct = 0;
+
+					do
+						oct = oct * 8 + *str - '0';
+					while (is_oct(*++str) && ++cnt < 3);
+					*t++ = (char) oct;
+					break;
+				}
+				*t++ = *str++;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+			*t++ = *str++;
+	}
+	*t = '\0';	/* don't forget this one !!!	*/
+	*pn = t - bts + 1;
+	return bts;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/str2long.c b/modules/src/string/str2long.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a058987c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/str2long.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* str2long()
+*/
+
+value(c, b)
+	char c;
+	int b;
+{
+	if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+		return c - '0';
+	if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
+		return c - 'A' + 10;
+	if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
+		return c - 'a' + 10;
+	return b;
+}
+
+long
+str2long(str, base)
+	register char *str;
+	int base;
+{
+	int minus = 0, d;
+	long l = 0;
+
+	if (*str == '-') {
+		minus++;
+		str++;
+	}
+	while ((d = value(*str++, base)) < base)
+		l = base * l + d;
+	return minus ? -l : l;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strcat.c b/modules/src/string/strcat.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..861d663f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strcat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* append t to s
+*/
+char *
+strcat(s, t)
+	register char *s, *t;
+{
+	register char *b = s;
+
+	while (*s++)
+		;
+	s--;
+	while (*s++ = *t++)
+		;
+	return b;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strcmp.c b/modules/src/string/strcmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca69d45fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strcmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*	return negative, zero or positive value if
+	resp. s < t, s == t or s > t
+*/
+int
+strcmp(s, t)
+	register char *s, *t;
+{
+	while (*s == *t++)
+		if (*s++ == '\0')
+			return 0;
+	return *s - *--t;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strcpy.c b/modules/src/string/strcpy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..409d0bf3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strcpy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* Copy t into s
+*/
+char *
+strcpy(s, t)
+	register char *s, *t;
+{
+	register char *b = s;
+
+	while (*s++ = *t++)
+		;
+	return b;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strindex.c b/modules/src/string/strindex.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49e446440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strindex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* strindex() -- (86/03/18 EHB)
+*/
+
+char *
+strindex(s, c)
+	register char *s, c;
+{
+	while (*s)
+		if (*s++ == c)
+			return --s;
+	return (char *)0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/string.3 b/modules/src/string/string.3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4ea42d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/string.3
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+.TH STRING 3ACK "86/03/18"
+.SH NAME
+strcpy, strncpy, strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp,
+strlen, strindex, strrindex, strzero, str2bts,
+long2str, str2long,
+btscpy, btscat, btscmp, btszero, bts2str \- operations on and
+conversions between strings and row of bytes
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B char *strcpy(s1, s2)
+.B char *s1, *s2;
+.PP
+.B char *strncpy(s1, s2, n)
+.B char *s1, *s2;
+.PP
+.B char *strcat(s1, s2)
+.B char *s1, *s2;
+.PP
+.B char *strncat(s1, s2, n)
+.B char *s1, *s2;
+.PP
+.B int strcmp(s1, s2)
+.B char *s1, *s2;
+.PP
+.B int strncmp(s1, s2, n)
+.B char *s1, *s2;
+.PP
+.B int strlen(s)
+.B char *s;
+.PP
+.B char *strindex(s, c)
+.B char *s, c;
+.PP
+.B char *strrindex(s, c)
+.B char *s, c;
+.PP
+.B char *strzero(s)
+.B char *s;
+.PP
+.B char *str2bts(s, b, pn)
+.B char *s, *b;
+.B int *pn;
+.PP
+.B char *long2str(l, base)
+.B long l;
+.B int base;
+.PP
+.B long str2long(s, base)
+.B char *s;
+.B int base;
+.PP
+.B char *btscpy(b1, b2, n)
+.B char *b1, *b2;
+.B int n;
+.PP
+.B char *btscat(b1, n1, b2, n2)
+.B char *b1, *b2;
+.B int n1, n2;
+.PP
+.B int btscmp(b1, n1, b2, n2)
+.B char *b1, *b2;
+.B int n1, n2;
+.PP
+.B char *btszero(b, n)
+.B char *b;
+.B int n;
+.PP
+.B char *bts2str(b, n, s)
+.B char *b, *s;
+.B int n;
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The 
+.IR str *
+functions operate on null-terminated strings.
+The
+.IR bts *
+functions operate on variable-length rows of bytes,
+regardless of null bytes.
+Neither of these functions check for overflow of any receiving area.
+.PP
+.I Strcpy
+copies string
+.I s2
+to
+.I s1,
+stopping after the null character has been moved.
+.I Strncpy
+copies exactly
+.I n
+characters,
+truncating or null-padding
+.I s2;
+the target may not be null-terminated if the length
+of
+.I s2
+is
+.I n
+or more.
+Both return
+.IR s1 .
+.PP
+.I Strcat
+appends a copy of string
+.I s2
+to the end of string
+.IR s1 .
+.I Strncat
+copies at most
+.I n
+characters.
+Both return a pointer to the null-terminated result
+.IR s1 .
+.PP
+.I Strcmp
+compares its arguments and returns an integer
+greater than, equal to, or less than 0, if
+.I s1
+is lexicographically greater than, equal to, or
+less than
+.IR s2 ,
+respectively.
+.I Strncmp
+makes the same comparison but checks at most
+.I n
+characters.
+.PP
+.I Strlen
+returns the number of characters before the null-character.
+.IR s .
+.PP
+.I Strindex
+.RI ( strrindex )
+returns a pointer to the first (last)
+occurrence of character 
+.I c
+in string
+.I s,
+or zero if
+.I c
+does not occur in
+.IR s .
+.PP
+.I Bts2str
+turns a row of
+.I n
+consecutive bytes, the first of which is pointed by
+.IR b ,
+into a null-terminated string, starting at
+.IR s .
+Printable characters are copied and non-printable characters are transformed
+into sequences of printable characters, representing those characters.
+The transformation agrees with the representation of non-printable
+characters in C strings.
+.br
+E.g., the row of 2 bytes
+.RS
+\&'\e0' '\en'
+.RE
+is turned into the string consisting of the following characters
+.RS
+\&'\e\e' '0' '0' '0' '\e\e' 'n' '\e0'
+.RE
+The latter string could be represented in C as "\e\e000\e\en".
+.PP
+.I Str2bts
+turns string
+.I s
+into a sequence of bytes pointed by
+.IR b .
+It has the inverse effect to
+.IR bts2str .
+The length of the resulting byte sequence is returned in
+.RI * pn .
+.br
+Both the functions
+.I bts2str
+and
+.I str2bts
+return a pointer to the result.
+.PP
+.I Long2str
+converts a long value
+.I l
+into a null-terminated string according to
+.IR base ,
+which indicates the base to use.
+This base may be any of 2..16.
+A negative base (in the range -16..-2) indicates that the long must be
+seen as unsigned.
+A pointer to the string is returned.
+.I Str2long
+returns the value that is represented in
+.IR s ,
+according to
+.IR base .
+.PP
+.I Btscpy
+copies
+.I n
+bytes from the string of bytes
+.I b2
+to
+.I b1
+and returns
+.IR b1 .
+.PP
+.I Btscat
+appends a copy of
+.I n2
+bytes from
+.I b2
+to the end of
+.IR b1 ,
+consisting of
+.I n1
+bytes.
+.I B1
+is returned.
+.PP
+.I Btscmp
+compares row of bytes
+.I b1
+with length 
+.I n1
+and
+.I b2
+with length 
+.I n2
+and returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, if
+.I b1
+is lexicographically greater then, equal to, or less than
+.IR b2 ,
+respectively.
+.PP
+.I Btszero
+places
+.I n
+null bytes in the string
+.IR b .
+.I B
+is returned.
+.SH FILES
+~em/modules/lib/libstring.a
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+string(3), bstring(3), atof(3)
+.SH BUGS
+No checks for overflow or illegal parameters.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Erik Baalbergen <erikb@vu44.UUCP>
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strlen.c b/modules/src/string/strlen.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..581fcbd54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strlen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* return length of s
+*/
+int
+strlen(s)
+	char *s;
+{
+	register char *b = s;
+
+	while (*b++)
+		;
+	return b - s - 1;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strncat.c b/modules/src/string/strncat.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..881454a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strncat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* append t to s, upto n characters	
+*/
+char *
+strncat(s, t, n)
+	register char *s, *t;
+	register int n;
+{
+	register char *b = s;
+
+	while (*s++)
+		;
+	s--;
+	while ((n-- > 0) && (*s++ = *t++))
+		;
+	return b;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strncmp.c b/modules/src/string/strncmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86d39c025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strncmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*	return negative, zero or positive value if
+	resp. s < t, s == t or s > t; compare at most n characters
+*/
+int
+strncmp(s, t, n)
+	register char *s, *t;
+	register int n;
+{
+	while (n-- > 0) {
+		if (*s == *t++) {
+			if (*s++ == '\0')
+				return 0;
+		}
+		else
+			return *s - *--t;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strncpy.c b/modules/src/string/strncpy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f554d0c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strncpy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* Copy t into s, upto n characters
+*/
+char *
+strncpy(s, t, n)
+	register char *s, *t;
+	register int n;
+{
+	register char *b = s;
+
+	while ((n-- > 0) && (*s++ = *t++))
+		;
+	return b;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strrindex.c b/modules/src/string/strrindex.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d55bf01b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strrindex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+char *
+strrindex(str, chr)
+	register char *str, chr;
+{
+	register char *retptr = 0;
+
+	while (*str)
+		if (*str++ == chr)
+			retptr = &str[-1];
+	return retptr;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/string/strzero.c b/modules/src/string/strzero.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86036a926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/string/strzero.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* strzero()
+*/
+
+char *
+strzero(s)
+	char *s;
+{
+	*s = '\0';
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/access.c b/modules/src/system/access.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7300c87e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/access.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+int
+sys_access(path, mode)
+	char *path;
+	int mode;
+{
+	return access(path, mode) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/break.c b/modules/src/system/break.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1160d326e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/break.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+char *sbrk();
+
+char *
+sys_break(incr)
+	int incr;
+{
+	char *sbrk();
+	char *brk = sbrk(incr);
+
+	if (brk == (char *) 0 || brk == (char *)-1)
+		return ILL_BREAK;
+	return brk;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/chmode.c b/modules/src/system/chmode.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce14844ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/chmode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+int
+sys_chmode(path, mode)
+	char *path;
+	int mode;
+{
+	return chmod(path, mode) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/close.c b/modules/src/system/close.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffb9b7ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/close.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+sys_close(fp)
+	register File *fp;
+{
+	fp->o_flags = 0;
+	close(fp->o_fd);
+	fp->o_fd = -1;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/create.c b/modules/src/system/create.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c33ddbfb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/create.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+extern File *_get_entry();
+
+int
+sys_create(filep, path, mode)
+	File **filep;
+	char *path;
+	int mode;
+{
+	register fd;
+	register File *fp;
+
+	if ((fp = _get_entry()) == (File *)0)
+		return 0;
+	if ((fd = creat(path, mode)) < 0)
+		return 0;
+	fp->o_fd = fd;
+	fp->o_flags = OP_WRITE;
+	*filep = fp;
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/exit.c b/modules/src/system/exit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..011fd466e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/exit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+/* 	called by /lib/crt0.o; needed to suppress the loading of the
+	standard exit() which performs unnecessary cleanup actions
+*/
+
+exit(n)
+{
+	_exit(n);
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/filesize.c b/modules/src/system/filesize.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..588d66eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/filesize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+long
+sys_filesize(path)
+	char *path;
+{
+	struct stat st_buf;
+
+	if (stat(path, &st_buf) != 0)
+		return -1L;
+	return (long) st_buf.st_size;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/lock.c b/modules/src/system/lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..608ad3c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+int
+sys_lock(path)
+	char *path;
+{
+	char buf[1024];
+	char *tmpf = ".lockXXXXXX";
+	char *strrindex();
+	char *p;
+	int ok, fd;
+
+	strcpy(buf, path);
+	if (p = strrindex(buf, '/')) {
+		++p;
+		strcpy(p, tmpf);
+	}
+	else
+		strcpy(buf, tmpf);
+	mktemp(buf);
+	if ((fd = creat(buf, 0)) < 0)
+		return 0;
+	close(fd);
+	ok = (link(buf, path) == 0);
+	unlink(buf);
+	return ok;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/modtime.c b/modules/src/system/modtime.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff81b00ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/modtime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+long
+sys_modtime(path)
+	char *path;
+{
+	struct stat st_buf;
+
+	if (stat(path, &st_buf) != 0)
+		return -1L;
+	return (long) st_buf.st_mtime;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/open.c b/modules/src/system/open.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65aefd0d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/open.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+extern File *_get_entry();
+
+int
+sys_open(path, flag, filep)
+	char *path;
+	int flag;
+	File **filep;
+{
+	register fd;
+	register File *fp;
+	int open_mode;
+	long lseek();
+
+	switch (flag) {
+	case OP_READ:
+		open_mode = 0;
+		break;
+	case OP_WRITE:
+	case OP_APPEND:
+		open_mode = 1;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if ((fp = _get_entry()) == (File *)0)
+		return 0;
+	if (flag == OP_WRITE) {
+		if ((fd = creat(path, 0644)) < 0)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	else /* OP_READ or OP_APPEND */
+	if ((fd = open(path, open_mode)) < 0) {
+		if (flag == OP_READ || access(path, 0) == 0)
+			return 0;
+		/* now: flag == OP_APPEND */
+		if ((fd = creat(path, 0644)) < 0)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	else {
+		if (flag == OP_APPEND && (lseek(fd, 0L, 2) < 0L)) {
+			close(fd);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	fp->o_flags = flag;
+	fp->o_fd = fd;
+	*filep = fp;
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/read.c b/modules/src/system/read.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93e08e036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/read.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+int
+sys_read(fp, bufptr, bufsiz, pnbytes)
+	File *fp;
+	char *bufptr;
+	int bufsiz, *pnbytes;
+{
+	return (*pnbytes = read(fp->o_fd, bufptr, bufsiz)) >= 0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/remove.c b/modules/src/system/remove.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b6452cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/remove.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+int
+sys_remove(path)
+	char *path;
+{
+	return unlink(path) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/stop.c b/modules/src/system/stop.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57ea38111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/stop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+sys_stop(how)
+	int how;
+{
+	switch(how) {
+	case S_END:
+		exit(0);
+	case S_EXIT:
+		exit(1);
+	case S_ABORT:
+	default:
+		abort();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/system.3 b/modules/src/system/system.3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2fb51023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/system.3
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+.TH SYSTEM 3ACK "86/03/24"
+.SH NAME
+sys_open, sys_close, sys_read, sys_write, sys_reset, sys_access,
+sys_modtime, sys_remove, sys_filesize, sys_chmode,
+sys_lock, sys_unlock,
+sys_break, sys_stop, sys_time \- system call interface
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <system.h>
+.PP
+.B File *STDIN, *STDOUT, *STDERR;
+.PP
+.B int sys_open(path, flag, filep)
+.B char *path;
+.B int flag;
+.B File **filep;
+.PP
+.B sys_close(filep)
+.B File *filep;
+.PP
+.B int sys_read(filep, bufptr, bufsiz, pnbytes)
+.B File *filep;
+.B char *bufptr;
+.B int bufsiz, *pnbytes;
+.PP
+.B int sys_write(filep, bufptr, nbytes)
+.B File *filep;
+.B char *bufptr;
+.B int nbytes;
+.PP
+.B int sys_reset(filep)
+.B File *filep
+.PP
+.B int sys_access(path, mode)
+.B char *path;
+.B int mode;
+.PP
+.B int sys_remove(path)
+.B char *path;
+.PP
+.B long sys_filesize(path)
+.B char *path;
+.PP
+.B int sys_chmode(path, mode)
+.B char *path;
+.B int mode;
+.PP
+.B int sys_lock(name)
+.B char *name;
+.PP
+.B int sys_unlock(name)
+.B char *name;
+.PP
+.B char *sys_break(incr)
+.B int incr;
+.PP
+.B sys_stop(how)
+.B int how;
+.PP
+.B long sys_time();
+.PP
+.B long sys_modtime(path)
+.B char *path;
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This package provides a rather system-independent set of "system" calls
+primarily intended for use in compilers.
+The include file contains a defined constant, 
+.IR BUFSIZ ,
+which gives the system-dependent block size.
+Another constant,
+.IR SYS_NOPEN ,
+gives the maximum number of open files in a process.
+.PP
+.I Sys_open
+opens a file called
+.I path
+for sequential reading or writing, as specified by 
+.I flag
+and returns in
+.I filep
+a decsriptor for the opened file.
+The allowed values for 
+.I flag
+are
+.IP OP_READ 15
+open for reading
+.IP OP_WRITE 15
+open for rewriting (create
+.I path
+if it did not exist)
+.IP OP_APPEND 15
+open for writing at the end (create
+.I path
+if it did not exist)
+.LP
+Created files are given read and write permission for its creator and
+read permission for other users.
+.br
+Specifying
+.I path
+as null pointer opens a so-called anonymous file, which has no name and 
+disappears when it is closed or when the program exits.
+It is possible to read the contents of an anonymous file by using
+.I reset .
+.br
+There are three normally open files with the following descriptors:
+.IP STDIN 15
+standard input file; opened as OP_READ
+.IP STDOUT 15
+standard output file; opened as OP_APPEND
+.IP STDERR 15
+standard error file; opened as OP_APPEND
+.LP
+.I Sys_close
+causes the open file known by
+.I filep
+to be closed.
+.PP
+.I Sys_read
+causes up to
+.I bufsiz
+contiguous bytes to be read from the open file known by
+.I filep
+into a piece of memory pointed at by
+.IR bufptr .
+The number of bytes actually read is returned in
+.IR *pnbytes .
+If
+.I *pnbytes
+is set to 0 then the end-of-file is reached.
+.PP
+.I Sys_write
+writes
+.I nbytes
+contiguous bytes from the memory pointed at by
+.I bufptr
+onto the open file known by
+.IR filep .
+A non-zero return value indicates that
+.I nbytes
+are actually written.
+.PP
+.I Sys_reset
+causes the open file known by
+.I filep
+to be re-opened for reading (cf. open flag OP_READ).
+This may be useful in reading anonymous files.
+.PP
+.I Sys_access
+checks the given file
+.I path
+for accessibility according to
+.I mode
+which is the result of
+.IR or 'ing
+one or more of the following values:
+.IP AC_READ 15
+file exists and is readable
+.IP AC_WRITE 15
+file exists and is writable
+.IP AC_EXEC 15
+file exists and is executable
+.LP
+Specifying 
+.I mode
+as 0 tests whether the directories leading to the file can be searched and the
+file exists.
+The return value is either 0 if the
+file is not reachable, does not exist or if the access is not allowed,
+or 1 if the indicated access is permitted.
+.PP
+.I Sys_modtime
+returns the last-modified time of the file specified in
+.IR path .
+Any failure is indicated by a return value of \-1L.
+.PP
+.I Sys_remove
+removes file
+.I path
+from the system.
+It is supposed that, if the file is still open, the contents of
+the file are available until the last
+.I sys_close
+is performed on it.
+A non-zero return value indicates successful action whereas 0
+indicates that the given file does not exist or cannot be removed.
+.PP
+The function 
+.I sys_filesize
+returns the size in bytes of the
+file specified by 
+.IR path ,
+if possible.
+The value \-1L is returned if the size cannot be retrieved for some reason.
+.PP
+.I Sys_chmode
+changes the file-protection mode of file
+.I path
+to 
+.IR mode .
+.PP
+.I Sys_lock
+and
+.I sys_unlock
+provide a mechanism for setting and clearing symbolic locks for external
+objects.
+This is done by creating and removing file
+.IR name .
+.I Sys_lock
+returns zero if the lock is already set and a non-zero value if the lock
+did not exist and has been created.
+.I Sys_unlock
+returns a non-zero value if the lock did not exist or if the lock has been
+removed succesfully.
+Zero is returned otherwise.
+The actions performed by these routines are atomic:
+race conditions cannot
+occur.
+.PP
+.I Sys_break
+adds 
+.I incr
+more bytes to the program's data space and returns a pointer to
+the newly allocated area.
+ILL_BREAK is returned in case of some error, due to a lack of space or
+some interrupt.
+It is equivalent to the UNIX version 7 
+.IR sbrk (2).
+.PP
+.I Sys_stop
+should be called when the process is terminated due to
+the end of the program or some error.
+This routine closes all open files and causes the program to
+stop in a way specified by 
+.IR how ,
+which parameter has one of the following values:
+.IP S_END 15
+normal termination, indicate successful completion
+.IP S_EXIT 15
+terminate the process with status 
+.B 1
+.IP S_ABORT 15
+abort this process and produce a post-mortem dump
+.LP
+.PP
+.I Sys_time
+returns a long value that stands for the system's time.
+Its return value is a long that stands for the time
+since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds.
+.SH FILES
+.nf
+~em/modules/h/system.h
+~em/modules/lib/libsystem.a
+.fi
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+.PP
+The routines 
+.IR sys_open ,
+.IR sys_read ,
+.IR sys_write ,
+.IR sys_reset ,
+.I sys_chmode
+and
+.I sys_remove
+return a value of zero upon any failure and a non-zero
+value if the call succeeds.
+.SH BUGS
+The current implementation does not allow the use of anonymous files.
+.br
+.I Sys_reset
+is not implemented.
+A
+.I sys_close
+followed by a
+.I sys_open
+with the proper mode has the same effect on non-anonymous files.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+UNIX version 7 manual volume 1, chapter 2
+.SH AUTHOR
+Erik Baalbergen <erikb@vu44.UUCP>
diff --git a/modules/src/system/system.c b/modules/src/system/system.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68871deaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/system.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* RCS: $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+File _sys_ftab[SYS_NOPEN] = {
+	{ 0, OP_READ},
+	{ 1, OP_APPEND},
+	{ 2, OP_APPEND}
+};
+
+File *
+_get_entry()
+{
+	register File *fp;
+
+	for (fp = &_sys_ftab[0]; fp < &_sys_ftab[SYS_NOPEN]; fp++)
+		if (fp->o_flags == 0)
+			return fp;
+	return (File *)0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/system.h b/modules/src/system/system.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a43e1e2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/system.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* RCS: $Header$ */
+
+struct _sys_fildes {
+	int o_fd;	/* UNIX filedescriptor */
+	int o_flags;	/* flags for open; 0 if not used */
+};
+
+typedef struct _sys_fildes File;
+
+extern File _sys_ftab[];
+
+/* flags for sys_open() */
+#define OP_READ		01
+#define OP_WRITE	02
+#define OP_APPEND	04
+
+/* flags for sys_access() */
+#define AC_EXIST	00
+#define AC_READ		04
+#define AC_WRITE	02
+#define AC_EXEC		01
+
+/* flags for sys_stop() */
+#define S_END	0
+#define S_EXIT	1
+#define S_ABORT	2
+
+/* standard file decsriptors */
+#define STDIN	&_sys_ftab[0]
+#define STDOUT	&_sys_ftab[1]
+#define STDERR	&_sys_ftab[2]
+
+/* maximum number of open files */
+#define SYS_NOPEN	20
+
+/* return value for sys_break */
+#define ILL_BREAK	((char *)0)
+
+/* system's idea of block */
+#define BUFSIZ	1024
diff --git a/modules/src/system/time.c b/modules/src/system/time.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ede8eee5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/time.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+long time();
+
+long
+sys_time()
+{
+	return time(0);
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/unlock.c b/modules/src/system/unlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d30a4113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/unlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+int
+sys_unlock(path)
+	char *path;
+{
+	return unlink(path) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/system/write.c b/modules/src/system/write.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97b7de71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/system/write.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* $Header$ */
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+int
+sys_write(fp, bufptr, nbytes)
+	File *fp;
+	char *bufptr;
+	int nbytes;
+{
+	return write(fp->o_fd, bufptr, nbytes) == nbytes;
+}