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Re: New 2001 Edition of the POSIX Standard Available
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Keld Jørn Simonsen |
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Re: New 2001 Edition of the POSIX Standard Available |
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Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:54:38 +0100 |
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Rumours have it that there will be a public HTML version on the net.
Kind regards
keld
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 01:57:19PM +0000, Markus Kuhn wrote:
> POSIX and the Single Unix Spec have been merged into a single new
> standard known as the Austin Group specifications (aka IEEE Std
> 1003.1-2001 / The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6).
>
> The result of this effort is now available:
>
> From: Andrew Josey <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 07:18:55 GMT
> > The Open Group is pleased to announce that it is taking
> > orders for the hardcopy published version of the Austin Group
> > specifications (aka IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 / The Open Group
> > Base Specifications Issue 6).
> >
> > The faxback order form for the hardcopy document
> > is now online at:
> >
> > http://www.opengroup.org/publications/order_forms/order.html
> >
> > This is a limited on demand print run.
> > Orders needs to be placed and paid for before January 31st.
> > Expect shipment about 4 weeks after that date.
> > For multiple orders of 5 or more please contact us
> > for discount rates.
> >
> > The Austin Group Specification is also available in other media formats
> > (pdf and CDROM) from both IEEE and The Open Group, please
> > consult your contacts at IEEE for information, or
> > see the publications catalog at The Open Group
> > http://www.opengroup.org/products/publications/catalog/un.htm
> > (documents T950X, C950, C951, C952, C953).
>
> The thing costs 182 GBP or 370 USD (including shipment), and covers base
> definitions, API, shell/utilities and rationale (4 documents, formerly
> known as POSIX.1 and POSIX.2).
>
> Perhaps still a bit much for a private student budget, but definitely
> worth a purchase suggestion for your local university or corporate
> libraries.
>
> Markus
>
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> Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
> Email: mkuhn at acm.org, WWW: <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/>
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