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The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 edition
IEEE Std 1003.1-2017 (Revision of IEEE Std 1003.1-2008)
Copyright © 2001-2018 IEEE and The Open Group
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Rationale: Detailed Toc
- Rationale for Base Definitions
- Introduction
* Scope
* Scope of POSIX.1-2017
* POSIX.1 and the ISO C Standard
* FIPS Requirements
* Conformance
* Normative References
* Change History
* Terminology
* conformance document
* implementation-defined
* may
* shall
* should
* obsolescent
* legacy
* system documentation
* undefined
* unspecified
* macro
* symbolic name
* symbolic constant
* Definitions and Concepts
* Portability
* Codes
* Margin Code Notation - Conformance
* Implementation Conformance
* Requirements
* Documentation
* POSIX Conformance
* XSI Conformance
* Option Groups
* Subprofiling Considerations
* Options
* Application Conformance
* Strictly Conforming POSIX Application
* Conforming POSIX Application
* Conforming POSIX Application Using Extensions
* Strictly Conforming XSI Application
* Conforming XSI Application Using Extensions
* Language-Dependent Services for the C Programming Language
* Other Language-Related Specifications - Definitions
* Appropriate Privileges
* Base Character*
* Byte
* Character
* Child Process
* Clock Tick
* Command
* Column Positions
* Controlling Terminal
* Device Number*
* Direct I/O
* Directory
* Directory Entry
* Display
* Dot
* Dot-Dot
* Epoch
* FIFO Special File
* File
* File Classes
* Filename
* File System
* Graphic Character
* Group Database
* Group File*
* Historical Implementations*
* Hosted Implementation*
* Implementation*
* Incomplete Pathname*
* Job Control
* Kernel*
* Library Routine*
* Logical Device*
* Map
* Memory-Resident
* Memory Object*
* Mount Point*
* Mounted File System*
* Name
* Native Implementation*
* Nice Value
* Open File Description
* Orphaned Process Group
* Page
* Pathname
* Passwd File*
* Parent Directory
* Pipe
* Portable Filename Character Set
* Process Lifetime
* Process Termination
* Regular File
* Root Directory
* Root File System*
* Root of a File System*
* Signal
* Superuser*
* Supplementary Group ID
* Symbolic Constant
* Symbolic Link
* Synchronously-Generated Signal
* System Call*
* System Console
* System Databases
* System Process
* System Reboot
* Synchronized I/O Data (and File) Integrity Completion
* Text File
* Thread
* Thread ID
* Thread-Safe Function
* User Database
* Virtual Processor*
* XSI - General Concepts
* Concurrent Execution
* Directory Protection
* Extended Security Controls
* File Access Permissions
* File Hierarchy
* Filenames
* Filename Portability
* File Times Update
* Host and Network Byte Order
* Measurement of Execution Time
* Memory Synchronization
* Pathname Resolution
* Process ID Reuse
* Scheduling Policy
* Seconds Since the Epoch
* Semaphore
* Thread-Safety
* Tracing
* Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions
* Treatment of NaN Arguments for Mathematical Functions
* Utility
* Variable Assignment - File Format Notation
- Character Set
* Portable Character Set
* Character Encoding
* C Language Wide-Character Codes
* Character Set Description File
* State-Dependent Character Encodings - Locale
* General
* POSIX Locale
* Locale Definition
* LC_CTYPE
* LC_COLLATE
* LC_MONETARY
* LC_NUMERIC
* LC_TIME
* LC_MESSAGES
* Locale Definition Grammar
* Locale Lexical Conventions
* Locale Grammar
* Locale Definition Example - Environment Variables
* Environment Variable Definition
* Internationalization Variables
* Other Environment Variables
* COLUMNS, LINES
* LOGNAME
* PATH
* SHELL
* TZ - Regular Expressions
* Regular Expression Definitions
* 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 - Headers
* Format of Entries
* Removed Headers in Issue 7
- Introduction
- Rationale for System Interfaces
- Introduction
* Change History
* Changes from Issue 6 to Issue 7 (POSIX.1-2017)
* New Features in Issue 7
* Newly Mandated Functions in Issue 7
* Obsolescent Functions in Issue 7
* Removed Functions and Symbols in Issue 7
* Relationship to Other Formal Standards
* Format of Entries - General Information
* Use and Implementation of Interfaces
* The Compilation Environment
* POSIX.1 Symbols
* The _POSIX_C_SOURCE Feature Test Macro
* The _XOPEN_SOURCE Feature Test Macro
* The Name Space
* Error Numbers
* Alternative Solutions for Per-Thread errno
* Disallowing Return of the [EINTR] Error Code
* Additional Error Numbers
* Signal Concepts
* Signal Names
* Signal Generation and Delivery
* Realtime Signal Generation and Delivery
* Signal Actions
* Signal Effects on Other Functions
* Standard I/O Streams
* Interaction of File Descriptors and Standard I/O Streams
* Stream Orientation and Encoding Rules
* STREAMS
* Accessing STREAMS
* XSI Interprocess Communication
* IPC General Information
* Realtime
* Advisory Information
* Message Passing
* Semaphores
* Realtime Signals
* Realtime Signals Extension
* Asynchronous I/O
* Overview
* Models
* Requirements
* Standardization Issues
* Memory Management
* Memory Locking Functions
* Mapped Files Functions
* Shared Memory Functions
* Typed Memory Functions
* Process Scheduling
* Sporadic Server Scheduling Policy
* Clocks and Timers
* Rationale for the Monotonic Clock
* Execution Time Monitoring
* Rationale Relating to Timeouts
* Threads
* Thread Creation Attributes
* Thread Implementation Models
* Thread-Specific Data
* Barriers
* Spin Locks
* Robust Mutexes
* Supported Threads Functions
* Threads Extensions
* Thread-Safety
* Thread IDs
* Thread Mutexes
* Thread Scheduling
* Scheduling Contention Scope
* Scheduling Allocation Domain
* Scheduling Documentation
* Scheduling Contention Scope Attribute
* Mixed Scopes
* Dynamic Thread Scheduling Parameters Access
* Mutex Initialization Scheduling Attributes
* Change the Priority Ceiling of a Mutex
* Thread Cancellation
* Specifying the Operation to Cancel
* A Special Signal Versus a Special Interface
* Races Between Cancellation and Resuming Execution
* Interaction of Cancellation with Asynchronous Signals
* Thread Cancellation Overview
* Thread Read-Write Locks
* Background
* Queuing of Waiting Threads
* Comparison to fcntl() Locks
* History of Resolution Issues
* Thread Interactions with Regular File Operations
* Use of Application-Managed Thread Stacks
* Sockets
* Address Families
* Addressing
* Protocols
* Routing
* Interfaces
* Socket Types
* Socket I/O Mode
* Socket Owner
* Socket Queue Limits
* Pending Error
* Socket Receive Queue
* Socket Out-of-Band Data State
* Connection Indication Queue
* Signals
* Asynchronous Errors
* Use of Options
* Use of Sockets for Local UNIX Connections
* Use of Sockets over Internet Protocols
* Use of Sockets over Internet Protocols Based on IPv4
* Use of Sockets over Internet Protocols Based on IPv6
* Tracing
* Objectives
* Detailed Objectives
* Comments on Objectives
* Trace Model
* Introduction
* Trace Model Description
* States of a Trace Stream
* Tracing All Processes
* Trace Storage
* Trace Programming Examples
* Trace Operation Control
* First Example
* Second Example
* Application Instrumentation
* Trace Analyzer
* First Example
* Second Example
* Several Programming Manipulations
* Trace Stream Attribute Manipulation
* Create a Trace Event Type Set and Change the Trace Event Type Filter
* Retrieve Information from a Trace Log
* Retrieve the List of Trace Event Types Used in a Trace Log
* Rationale on Trace for Debugging
* Rationale on Trace Event Type Name Space
* Rationale on Trace Events Type Filtering
* Filtering of Trace Event Types Before Tracing
* Filtering of Trace Event Types at Runtime
* Post-Mortem Filtering of Trace Event Types
* Discussions about Trace Event Type Filtering
* Tracing, pthread API
* Example
* Rationale on Triggering
* Rationale on Timestamp Clock
* Rationale on Different Overrun Conditions
* Overrun in Trace Streams Initialized with POSIX_TRACE_LOOP Policy
* Overrun in Dumping Trace Streams into Trace Logs
* Reading an Active Trace Stream
* Data Types
* Defined Types
* The char Type
* Pointer Types
* Footnotes - System Interfaces
* System Interfaces Removed in this Version
* bcmp()
* bcopy()
* bsd_signal()
* bzero()
* ecvt(), fcvt(), gcvt()
* ftime()
* getcontext(), makecontext(), swapcontext()
* gethostbyaddr(), gethostbyname()
* getwd()
* h_errno
* index()
* makecontext()
* mktemp()
* pthread_attr_getstackaddr(), pthread_attr_setstackaddr()
* rindex()
* scalb()
* ualarm()
* usleep()
* vfork()
* wcswcs()
* System Interfaces Removed in the Previous Version
* Examples for Spawn
* Example Library Implementation of Spawn
* I/O Redirection with Spawn
* Spawning a Process Under a New User ID
- Introduction
- Rationale for Shell and Utilities
- Introduction
* Change History
* Changes from Issue 6 to Issue 7 (POSIX.1-2017)
* New Features in Issue 7
* Relationship to Other Documents
* System Interfaces
* File Read, Write, and Creation
* File Removal
* Concepts Derived from the ISO C Standard
* Utility Limits
* Grammar Conventions
* Utility Description Defaults
* NAME
* SYNOPSIS
* DESCRIPTION
* OPTIONS
* OPERANDS
* STDIN
* INPUT FILES
* ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
* ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
* STDOUT
* STDERR
* OUTPUT FILES
* EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
* EXIT STATUS
* CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
* APPLICATION USAGE
* EXAMPLES
* RATIONALE
* FUTURE DIRECTIONS
* SEE ALSO
* CHANGE HISTORY
* Considerations for Utilities in Support of Files of Arbitrary Size
* Built-In Utilities - Shell Command Language
* Shell Introduction
* Quoting
* Escape Character (Backslash)
* Single-Quotes
* Double-Quotes
* Token Recognition
* Alias Substitution
* Reserved Words
* Parameters and Variables
* Positional Parameters
* Special Parameters
* Shell Variables
* Word Expansions
* Tilde Expansion
* Parameter Expansion
* Command Substitution
* Arithmetic Expansion
* Field Splitting
* Pathname Expansion
* Quote Removal
* Redirection
* Redirecting Input
* Redirecting Output
* Appending Redirected Output
* Here-Document
* Duplicating an Input File Descriptor
* Duplicating an Output File Descriptor
* Open File Descriptors for Reading and Writing
* Exit Status and Errors
* Consequences of Shell Errors
* Exit Status for Commands
* Shell Commands
* Simple Commands
* Command Search and Execution
* Examples
* Pipelines
* Exit Status
* Lists
* Asynchronous Lists
* Sequential Lists
* AND Lists
* OR Lists
* Compound Commands
* Grouping Commands
* For Loop
* Case Conditional Construct
* If Conditional Construct
* While Loop
* Until Loop
* Function Definition Command
* Shell Grammar
* Shell Grammar Lexical Conventions
* Shell Grammar Rules
* Signals and Error Handling
* Shell Execution Environment
* Pattern Matching Notation
* Patterns Matching a Single Character
* Patterns Matching Multiple Characters
* Examples
* Patterns Used for Filename Expansion
* Special Built-In Utilities - Batch Environment Services and Utilities
* Scope of the Batch Environment Services and Utilities Option
* History of Batch Systems
* Historical Implementations of Batch Systems
* NQS Differences from the at utility
* Batch Environment Services and Utilities Option Definitions
* Batch General Concepts
* Batch Services
* Common Behavior for Batch Environment Utilities - Utilities
* Utilities Removed in this Version
* Utilities Removed in the Previous Version
* Exclusion of Utilities
- Introduction
- Portability Considerations (Informative)
- User Requirements
* Configuration Interrogation
* Process Management
* Access to Data
* Access to the Environment
* Access to Determinism and Performance Enhancements
* Operating System-Dependent Profile
* I/O Interaction
* Internationalization Interaction
* C-Language Extensions
* Command Language
* Interactive Facilities
* Accomplish Multiple Tasks Simultaneously
* Complex Data Manipulation
* File Hierarchy Manipulation
* Locale Configuration
* Inter-User Communication
* System Environment
* Printing
* Software Development - Portability Capabilities
* Configuration Interrogation
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Process Management
* Access to Data
* Access to the Environment
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Bounded (Realtime) Response
* Operating System-Dependent Profile
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* I/O Interaction
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Internationalization Interaction
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* C-Language Extensions
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Command Language
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Interactive Facilities
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Accomplish Multiple Tasks Simultaneously
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Complex Data Manipulation
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* File Hierarchy Manipulation
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Locale Configuration
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Inter-User Communication
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* System Environment
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Printing
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Software Development
* Unsatisfied Requirements
* Future Growth - Profiling Considerations
* Configuration Options
* Configuration Options (Shell and Utilities)
* Configurable Limits
* Configuration Options (System Interfaces)
* Configurable Limits
* Optional Behavior
* Footnotes
- User Requirements
- Subprofiling Considerations (Informative)
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