ISO/IEC 9945-1:2003
Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX?) - Part 1: Base Definitions

Standard No.

ISO/IEC 9945-1:2003

Release Date

2003

Published By

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Status

Withdraw

Replace By

ISO/IEC 9945-1:2003/Cor 1:2004

Latest

ISO/IEC 9945-1:2003/Cor 1:2004

Scope

IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defines a standard operating system interface and environment, including a command interpreter (or ‘‘shell’’), and common utility programs to support applications portability at the source code level. It is intended to be used by both applications developers and system implementors. IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 comprises four major components (each in an associated volume): 1. General terms, concepts, and interfaces common to all volumes of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, including utility conventions and C-language header definitions, are included in the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001. 11 2. Definitions for system service functions and subroutines, language-specific system services for the C programming language, function issues, including portability, error handling, and error recovery, are included in the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001. 3. Definitions for a standard source code-level interface to command interpretation services (a ‘‘shell’’) and common utility programs for application programs are included in the Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001. 4. Extended rationale that did not fit well into the rest of the document structure, containing historical information concerning the contents of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 and why features were included or discarded by the standard developers, is included in the Rationale (Informative) volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001. The following areas are outside of the scope of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001: ? Graphics interfaces ? Database management system interfaces ? Record I/O considerations ? Object or binary code portability ? System configuration and resource availability IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 describes the external characteristics and facilities that are of importance to applications developers, rather than the internal construction techniques employed to achieve these capabilities. Special emphasis is placed on those functions and facilities that are needed in a wide variety of commercial applications.

ISO/IEC 9945-1:2003 history

• 2004 ISO/IEC 9945-1:2003/Cor 1:2004 Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 1: Base Definitions; Technical Corrigendum 1
• 2003 ISO/IEC 9945-1:2003 Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX?) - Part 1: Base Definitions
• 2002 ISO/IEC 9945-1:2002 Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIXę) - Part 1: Base definitions
• 1996 ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 1: System Application Program Interface (API) [C language]
• 1990 ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 Information technology; portable operating system interface (POSIX); part 1: system application program interface (API) C language