std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (03/24/87)
This is the first article in Volume 11 of comp.std.unix (formerly
known as mod.std.unix).
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UNIX standards, particularly the IEEE 1003.1 POSIX Trial Use Standard.
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representative of the USENIX Association to the IEEE P1003 Portable
Operating System for Computer Environments Committee (commonly known
as the UNIX Standards Committee).
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contain the index references by section of 1003.1 Draft 9 or related
topic. It is hoped that these changes, together with the access
information in Volume 10, will make the archives more useful.
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any draft, proposed or actual, of a standard) of the committee as a
whole or of any subcommittee unless explicitly stated otherwise
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Volume-Number: Volume 11, Number 1