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From: mwette@csi.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Matt Wette)
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Subject: Re: POSIX tools list?
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Date: 14 Aug 90 20:34:50 GMT
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From:  mwette@csi.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Matt Wette)

In article <11180@cs.utexas.edu> you write:
|> From:  willcox@urbana.mcd.mot.com (David A Willcox)
|> 
|> Here's what's in 1003.2 (Draft 10).  This is more than just
|> "proposed", it is very close to an approved standard.  (There
|> certainly will be very few changes to this list.)  Note that 1003.2 is
|> targeted to shell scripts, NOT to interactive users, so no more (pg,
|> less or whatever), vi, or such.
|> 
|> 	awk
	...
|> 
|> David A. Willcox		"Just say 'NO' to universal drug testing"
|> Motorola MCD - Urbana		UUCP: ...!uiucuxc!udc!willcox
|> 1101 E. University Ave.		INET: willcox@urbana.mcd.mot.com
|> Urbana, IL 61801		FONE: 217-384-8534
|> 
|> 
|> Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 28

David,

I didn't see "ld" in your posting  Did you forget it or is there really
no POSIX spec for "ld".   If there is, I would be interested to know if
"ld -A" (loading to an executing program) will be in the spec.

Thanks,
Matt

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