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Hi guys,

What the heck is POSIX...???  What does it stand for, and what does it
mean...???  I've seen the reference to POSIX Compliance, but I still
have no idea what it is...   Any information will be greatly
appreciated...

Thanks,
Trevor...
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That's alright, I still got my guitar...

Hi

POSIX means Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX.

There is a short description on http://www.whatis.com/posix.htm.

Tom

Quote:> Hi guys,

> What the heck is POSIX...???  What does it stand for, and what does it
> mean...???  I've seen the reference to POSIX Compliance, but I still
> have no idea what it is...   Any information will be greatly
> appreciated...

> Thanks,
> Trevor...
> ----------------------
> That's alright, I still got my guitar...

Hi Trevor,

IMO POSIX is nothing else than (one of ;-) the standard shell(s) of
UNIX-systems....AFAIK HP-UX uses the POSIX-shell as standard....actually it
isnt very different from the bash apart from some nuances. Please see "man
sh"

regards,
Bursch

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Quote:> Hi guys,

> What the heck is POSIX...???  What does it stand for, and what does it
> mean...???  I've seen the reference to POSIX Compliance, but I still
> have no idea what it is...   Any information will be greatly
> appreciated...

> Thanks,
> Trevor...
> ----------------------
> That's alright, I still got my guitar...

POSIX is a standard, like ANSI. If something is POSIX compliant, it means
that it conforms to the standards set by the committee who created the
standard.

Many shells (bash and sh included) are also POSIX compliant.

POSIX stands for Portable Operating System Interface. More info can be found
at http://www.whatis.com/posix.htm

Hope this helps

Craig

 POSIX is "Portable Operating System Interface" with the X signifying
UniX influence. POSIX is a set of standards for building OS' and
applications, not an application itself. Several Unix shells are POSIX
compliant.
 POSIX defines standards for everything from character sets to kernel
threading & queueing.

--
 Doc Shipley
   Network Stuff
      Austin, Earth

...and it was none other than Richard Stallman who came up with
the acronym.