International Organization for Standardization

Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX®) - Part 1: Base Definitions TECHNICAL CORRIGENDUM 1 - Fourth Edition
 N ISO/IEC 9945-1 CORR 1

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This standard is simultaneously ISO/IEC 9945:2003, IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, and forms the core of the Single UNIX Specification, Version 3.

The IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition includes EEE Std 1003.1-2001/Cor 1-2002 incorporated into IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (base document). The Corrigendum addresses problems discovered since the approval of EEE Std 1003.1-2001. These changes are mainly due to resolving integration issues raised by the merger of the base documents that were incorporated into EEE Std 1003.1-2001, which is the single common revision to IEEE Std 1003.1™-l996, EEE Std 1003.2™-1992, ISO/IEC 9945-1: 1996, ISO/IEC 9945-2: 1993, and the Base Specifications of The Open Group Single UNIX® Specification, Version 2.

This standard defines a standard operating system interface and environment, including a command interpreter (or "shell"), and common utility programs to support applications portability at the source code level. This standard is intended to be used by both applications developers and system implementors and comprises four major components (each in an associated volume):

-  General terms, concepts, and interfaces common to all volumes of this standard, including utility conventions and C-language header definitions, are included in the Base Definitions volume.

- Definitions for system service functions and subroutines, language-specific system services for the C programming language, function issues, including portability, error handling, and error recovery, are included in the System Interfaces volume.