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From: usenet@seismo.css.gov (Jim Mayer)
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Subject: state of unix standards
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Date: Thu, 28-May-87 13:31:30 EDT
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From: usenet@seismo.css.gov (Jim Mayer)

I remember hearing at one point about a decision by AT&T and one or more other
companies (Sun Microsystems sticks in my head) to move towards a single
Un*x standard.  Does anyone know what is happening with this?  Is it all
waiting on the "posix" stuff?  Is there any hope of getting a single
standard with:

	Long file names
	Symbolic links
	Reasonable networking
	Long identifier names in programs

[ POSIX does not deal with most of this:  it is strictly a programming
interface standard.  There are related groups dealing with most of these
issues, however:  see my semi-monthly posting on standards groups.  -mod ]

I have not been following the various standards efforts.  I think it might
be useful for someone who has to make a posting describing the major
differences between the different candidates.

[ Appendix A of POSIX is a diff between it and the SVID.  There is no
similar document for it and 4.3BSD.  The X/OPEN people have submitted
a document to P1003.1 on differences between POSIX and X/OPEN.  There
has been no direct comparison document between System V and 4.3BSD for
several years.  -mod ]


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