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The Authorized Guide to the Single UNIX Specification, Version 3

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The Austin Group

ISO/IEC 9945

IEEE Std 1003.1

The Authorized Guide Book

Interface Tables (pdf)

Migration Guide (pdf)

Index

The Open Group, in association with Sun Microsystems, has prepared a new Source Book covering Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification and IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (POSIX®) (including TC1 and TC2).

Whether you're an experienced developer, a system implementor, a technical manager, or a user of Open Systems, The Open Group's Authorized Guide to the Single UNIX Specification, Version 3 provides the solid base of information you need to exploit this powerful software technology.

This book provides complete information on what's new in version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification and comprehensive reference material. What's more, it's authoritative, with papers written by the Chair of the Austin Group, and the Vice-Chair of the Open Group's Base Working Group, and the complete 4000 page Single UNIX Specification, Version 3 (incorporating IEEE Std 1003.1-2001) is included on the CD-ROM in html and pdf formats.

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Topics covered include:

• An overview of the history of the UNIX system and the Single UNIX Specification.
• Guidance on using the Single UNIX Specification, how to read the specification and where to find information.
• Detailed Interface tables for each part of the Single UNIX Specification.
• Detailed Migration Reference information is included of the changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification.
• A comprehensive C language Migration Guide detailing the difference between the 1989 and 1999 versions of the ISO Standard C is included.
• The Open Brand and the Single UNIX Specification
• and much more...

Bibliographic details are:

Title:   The Authorized Guide to Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification

Series:                 Source Books from The Open Group

Document Number:        G041

CD-ROM:                 CD-ROM included with the full set
                        of documentation for the Single UNIX
                        Specification, Version 1, 2 and 3, IEEE
                        Std 1003.1-2001 (POSIX) and more...

Publication Date:       2004 

Availability:           Published by The Open Group. 

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