Commands and Utilities V3

Category: Operating System Services [CW]

This Product Standard provides a command interface to a range of system utilities. It includes conformance to ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 (POSIX-2). It is an enhanced version of the Commands and Utilities V2 Product Standard. The principal enhancements are (1) support for the Large File Support extensions included in the Internationalized System Calls and Libraries Extended V2 Product Standard, (2) updated commands to cater for the addition of Threads to the Internationalized System Calls and Libraries Extended V2 Product Standard, (3) some new general commands, and (4) updated commands to cater for the addition of the optional Realtime Feature Group to the Internationalized System Calls and Libraries Extended V2 Product Standard.

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Referenced Documents:

System Interface Definitions, Issue 5

Commands and Utilities, Issue 5

Conformance Statement Questionnaires:

CSQ for Commands and Utilities V3 Product Standard

Test Suites:

VSC5

Present in UNIX 98 Product Standard(s)


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