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From: ries@arcturus (Marc Ries)
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Subject: Re: System 5 porting
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Date: 14 Apr 89 21:49:10 GMT
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In article <9100014@m.cs.uiuc.edu>:
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>Does  anyone  have  a short summary of basic differences?
>Not all the gory details, please, I am  sure  that  could
>take  up  volumes.   Just something that lists the system
>calls that are missing from system 5,  major  differences
>in results of calls, differences in commands, and so on.

>I  don't  think  I am the only one who would like to have
>such a list.

 Two  printed reference materials that are very good:

   White Paper: 
      "UNIX  System  V  and  BSD4.2  Compatibility Study",
      Joseph Uniejewski, Apollo Computer Inc., March 1985.

   Magazine: 
      "No  Longer  An  Outcast",  Jonathan Cohler, Digital
      Review, January 1985.


 There  is  also a book out but I don't remember the title
 (although "Portability" is part of it, I think).  Several
 UNIX and  C  programming  books  make  brief  mention  of
 differences  (like  Marc  Rochkind's  book "Advanced UNIX
 Programming").

     Marc Ries
           <somewhere>!ries

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