[comp.unix.aix] how brain-dead is AIX ?

dipto@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Dipto Chakravarty) (07/06/90)

>>In article <508@ss01.pppl.gov@ccc.nmfecc.gov> jsm@ss01.pppl.gov@ccc.nmfecc.gov (John Scott McCauley Jr.) writes:
>>
>>   I gather that AIX is System V kernel with the Berkeley stuff emulated.
>>   So, do you get:
>>     1) the System V file system or the 'Berkeley Fast File System'
>>   .
>>   .

1.	With AIX you get JFS - Journaled File System  ( JFS )

	JFS protects against accidental loss of files by maintaining a logger.
	... 


2.	You get sockets



3.	Job-control is available



4.	POSIX  term drivers are available (they resemble BSD alot).




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