TRANLE@intellicorp.com (Minh Tran-Le) (04/17/91)
I have seen a lot of discussion about POSIX and most of the unix boxes I use are POSIX compliant. But I have not yet seen a paper describing POSIX. Does anyone know where I can get the POSIX spec ? Thanks, Minh Tran-Le. -------
jaf@inference.com (Jose Fernandez) (04/18/91)
I have seen a lot of discussion about POSIX and most of the unix boxes I use are POSIX compliant. But I have not yet seen a paper describing POSIX. Does anyone know where I can get the POSIX spec ? Minh, Here's some info I have on how/where to get various "standards" documentation: This is taken from an "HP Professional" article I read. The article wasn't particularly useful, but the sidebar was great: o To acquire the SVID standard, contact: AT&T Customer Information Center Attn: Customer Service Representative P.O. Box 19901 Indianapolis, IN 46219 (800) 432-6600 (U.S. only) (800) 255-1242 (Canada only) (317) 352-8557 (outside of U.S. and Canada) o To acquire the POSIX.1 standard, contact: Publication Sales IEEE Service Center P.O. Box 1331 445 Hoes Ln. Piscataway, NJ 08854-1331 (800) 678-4333 (201) 981-0060 o To acquire the ANSI/X3.159-1989 Programming Language C Standard, contact: Sales Department American National Standards Institute 1430 Broadway New York, NY 10018 (212) 642-4900 o The FIPS 151-1 document can be obtained from: National Technical Information Service U.S. Dept. of Commerce 5285 Port Royal Rd. Springfield, VA 22161 (703) 487-4650 FIPS is the Federal Information Processing Standard. "This standard is essentially the same as the POSIX standard, except more stringent requirements concerning system and file security were imposed. This standard is administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology."