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1003.1-2024 : IEEE/Open Group Standard for Information Technology--Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) Base Specifications, Issue 8 / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), author, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology.
- Operating systems (Computers).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4107 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024.
- Summary:
- POSIX.1-2024 is simultaneously IEEE Std 1003.1™-2024 and The Open Group Standard Base Specifications, Issue 8. POSIX.1-2024 defines a standard operating system interface and environment, including a command interpreter (or "shell"), and common utility programs to support applications portability at the source code level. POSIX.1-2024 is intended to be used by both application developers and system implementors and comprises four major components (each in an associated volume): --General terms, concepts, and interfaces common to all volumes of this standard, including utility conventions and C-language header definitions, are included in the Base Definitions volume. --Definitions for system service functions and subroutines, language-specific system services for the C programming language, function issues, including portability, error handling, and error recovery, are included in the System Interfaces volume. --Definitions for a standard source code-level interface to command interpretation services (a "shell") and common utility programs for application programs are included in the Shell and Utilities volume. --Extended rationale that did not fit well into the rest of the document structure, which contains historical information concerning the contents of POSIX.1-2024 and why features were included or discarded by the standard developers, is included in the Rationale (Informative) volume.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9798855707939
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