XBD Contents Index

The Single UNIX ® Specification, Version 2
Copyright © 1997 The Open Group

XBD Contents Index Glossary [ A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Z ] absolute pathname access mode additional file access control mechanism address space affirmative response alert alert character alias name alternate file access control mechanism alternate signal stack angle brackets appropriate privileges argument arm (a timer) assignment asterisk async-cancel safe function async-signal safe function asynchronously generated signal asynchronous I/O operation asynchronous I/O completion background job background process background process group backquote backslash backspace character base character basename basic regular expression blank character blank line blocked process (or thread) block-mode terminal block special file braces brackets break value built-in utility byte carriage-return character character character array character class character set character special file character string child process circumflex clock clock tick coded character set codeset collating element collation collation sequence column position command command language interpreter composite graphic symbol condition variable control character control operator controlling process controlling terminal conversion descriptor core file current working directory cursor position data segment device device ID direct I/O directory directory entry directory stream disarm (a timer) display dollar sign dot dot-dot double-quote downshifting (clock) drift rate driver effective group ID effective user ID eight-bit transparency empty directory empty line empty string empty wide-character string epoch equivalence class era executable file execute expand extended regular expression extended signed integral type extended security controls extended unsigned integral type feature test macro field FIFO special file file file access permissions file description file descriptor file group class file hierarchy file mode file mode bits filename file offset file other class file owner class file permission bits file serial number file system file times update file type filter first open (of a file) foreground job foreground process foreground process group foreground process group ID form-feed character graphic character group database group ID group name hard limit hard link home directory incomplete line Inf interactive shell internationalisation invoke ISO/IEC 646:1983 ISO 6937:1983 ISO 8859-1:1987 job job control job control job ID last close (of a file) line link link count local customs locale localisation login login name map marked message memory object message message catalogue message catalogue descriptor message queue mode mount point multi-character collating element mutex name named STREAM NaN (not a number) native language negative response newline character non-spacing characters NUL null byte null pointer null string null wide-character code number sign object file offset maximum open file open file description operand operator option option-argument orphaned process group page page size parameter parent directory parent process parent process ID pathname pathname component pathname resolution path prefix pattern period permissions persistence pipe positional parameter portable character set portable filename character set preallocation preempted process (or thread) printable character printable file priority priority band priority-based scheduling privilege process process group process group ID process group leader process group lifetime process ID process lifetime process list process virtual time program pseudo-terminal radix character read-only file system read-write lock real group ID real time real user ID redirection redirection operator reentrant function referenced shared memory object refresh regular expression region regular file relative pathname (time) resolution root directory runnable process (or thread) running process (or thread) saved resource limits saved set-group-ID saved set-user-ID scheduling scheduling allocation domain scheduling contention scope scheduling policy screen scroll seconds since the epoch semaphore semaphore lock operation semaphore unlock operation session session leader session lifetime shared memory object shell shell, the shell script signal signal stack single-quote slash socket soft limit source code special parameter space character standard error standard input standard output standard utilities stream STREAM STREAM end STREAM head STREAMS multiplexor string subshell successfully transferred supplementary group ID suspended job symbolic link synchronised I/O completion synchronised I/O data integrity completion synchronised I/O file integrity completion synchronised I/O operation synchronous I/O operation synchronously generated signal system system crash system console system documentation system process system scheduling priority system reboot tab character terminal text column text file thread thread ID thread list thread-safe thread-specific data key tilde timer timer overrun token upshifting user database user ID user name utility variable variable assignment vertical-tab character white space wide-character code (C language) wide-character string word working directory world-wide portability interface write XSI-conformant zombie process [n, m] and [n, m) 0 File Format Notation Examples Character Set Portable Character Set Character Encoding C Language Wide-character Codes Character Set Description File Locale General POSIX Locale Locale Definition LC_CTYPE LC_COLLATE The collating-element Keyword The collating-symbol Keyword The order_start Keyword Collation Order The order_end Keyword LC_MONETARY LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME Locale Definition Grammar Locale Lexical Conventions Locale Grammar Locale Definition Example Environment Variables Environment Variable Definition Internationalisation Variables Other Environment Variables Regular Expressions Regular Expression Definitions entire regular expression matched BRE (ERE) matching a single character BRE (ERE) matching multiple characters invalid Regular Expression General Requirements Basic Regular Expressions BREs Matching a Single Character or Collating Element BRE Ordinary Characters BRE Special Characters Periods in BREs RE Bracket Expression BREs Matching Multiple Characters BRE Precedence BRE Expression Anchoring Extended Regular Expressions EREs Matching a Single Character or Collating Element ERE Ordinary Characters ERE Special Characters Periods in EREs ERE Bracket Expression EREs Matching Multiple Characters ERE Alternation ERE Precedence ERE Expression Anchoring Regular Expression Grammar BRE/ERE Grammar Lexical Conventions RE and Bracket Expression Grammar ERE Grammar Directory Structure and Devices Directory Structure and Files Output Devices and Terminal Types General Terminal Interface Interface Characteristics Opening a Terminal Device File Process Groups The Controlling Terminal Terminal Access Control Input Processing and Reading Data Canonical Mode Input Processing Non-canonical Mode Input Processing Writing Data and Output Processing Special Characters Modem Disconnect Closing a Terminal Device File Parameters that Can be Set The termios Structure Input Modes Output Modes Control Modes Local Modes Special Control Characters Utility Conventions Utility Argument Syntax Utility Syntax Guidelines