All C++ programs need a few basic utilities, and all C++ programmers write their own at some point. The things included in vul are not considered any better or worse than the several other libraries available, but they are consistently named and lightweight.

The key elements of this library are:

vul_file
vul_directory : File handling utilities, directory reading
vul_arg : Parse command-line arguments conveniently.
vul_redirector : Simplify redirection of standard output/error
vul_awk : Read text files, breaking each line into fields.
vul_reg_exp : Regular expression matching.

Developer

Fred Wheeler is responsible for co-ordinating significant changes to vul. http://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=360434