IEEE´s Posix: making progress

Author

Kuhn, D. Richard

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Volume

28

Issue

12

fYear

1991

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

39

Abstract

The status of the interface standards within the IEEE Portable Operating System Interface (Posix) environment (the x in Posix denotes the Unix operating system origin of this effort) is discussed. The open system standards within the Posix activity are expected to resolve the portability and interoperability problems and to open the door to a major new industry of standard software components, or modules. From these components, users will be able to build and modify larger systems to suit their evolving needs, eliminating the need to produce several versions of an application program to accommodate operating systems with different file system structures and network interfaces. Details of the Posix Open Systems Environment (OSE) application program interfaces are examined to show how standards can be used in constructing portable software.<>

Keywords

Unix; computer interfaces; open systems; programming environments; software portability; standards; IEEE Portable Operating System Interface; Open Systems Environment; Posix; Unix operating system; application program; application program interfaces; file system structures; interface standards; interoperability; modules; network interfaces; portable software; ANSI standards; Computer industry; ISO standards; Open source software; Open systems; Operating systems; Software standards; Standards development; Standards organizations; Voice mail;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.106103

Filename

106103