New 2001 Edition of the POSIX Standard Available

[Markus Kuhn]

POSIX and the Single Unix Spec have been merged into a single new
standard known as the Austin Group specifications (aka IEEE Std
1003.1-2001 / The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6).

The result of this effort is now available:

From: Andrew Josey <address@hidden>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 07:18:55 GMT
> The Open Group is pleased to announce that it is taking
> orders for the hardcopy published version of the Austin Group
> specifications (aka IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 / The Open Group
> Base Specifications Issue 6).
> 
> The faxback order form for the hardcopy document
> is now online at:
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/publications/order_forms/order.html
>
> This is a limited on demand print run.
> Orders needs to be placed and paid for before January 31st.
> Expect shipment about 4 weeks after that date.
> For multiple orders of 5 or more please contact us
> for discount rates.
> 
> The Austin Group Specification is also available in other media formats
> (pdf and CDROM) from both IEEE and The Open Group, please
> consult your contacts at IEEE for information, or
> see the publications catalog at The Open Group
> http://www.opengroup.org/products/publications/catalog/un.htm
> (documents T950X, C950, C951, C952, C953).

The thing costs 182 GBP or 370 USD (including shipment), and covers base
definitions, API, shell/utilities and rationale (4 documents, formerly
known as POSIX.1 and POSIX.2).

Perhaps still a bit much for a private student budget, but definitely
worth a purchase suggestion for your local university or corporate
libraries.

Markus

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Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Email: mkuhn at acm.org,  WWW: <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/>