Commands and Utilities V3
Copyright © 1998 The Open Group


Product Standard
Operating System and Languages: Commands and Utilities V3
Document Number: X98CW


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Product Standard

NAME

Commands and Utilities V3

LABEL FOR LOGO

No label.

DESCRIPTION

This Product Standard provides a command interface to a range of system utilities. It includes conformance to ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 (POSIX-2).1

It is an enhanced version of Commands and Utilities V2.

The principal enhancements are:

CONFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
Human-Computer Interface

Commands and Utilities, Issue 52 and System Interface Definitions, Issue 5,3 Section 4.1, Portable Character Set, Table 4-1, glyphs.

Portability Interface

Commands and Utilities, Issue 5 and System Interface Definitions, Issue 5.

Programming Language Environment

Command Language as defined in Commands and Utilities, Issue 5 and System Interface Definitions, Issue 5.

Interoperability
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Not applicable.

PORTABILITY ENVIRONMENT

Internationalized System Calls and Libraries Extended V2.

OVERRIDING STANDARDS

ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 (POSIX-2).

INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE

A Test Report from a currently authorized release of the VSC5 Test Suite.

MIGRATION

There are no incompatibility issues in migrating from a system registered as conformant to the Commands and Utilities V2 Product Standard.


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Footnotes

1.
ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993, Information Technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 2: Shell and Utilities, User Portability Extension (identical to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992).

2.
CAE Specification, January 1997, Commands and Utilities, Issue 5 (ISBN: 1-85912-191-8, C604).

3.
CAE Specification, January 1997, System Interface Definitions, Issue 5 (ISBN: 1-85912-186-1, C605).