IEEE Standards AssociationIEEE Standards Interpretations for IEEE Std 1003.1™-2001 IEEE Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX®)
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October 2006
- Interpretation Request #1
Topic: Defect in XBD <sys/stat.h> Relevant Sections: <sys/stat.h> - Interpretation Request #2
Topic: interaction of file descriptors and I/O streams Relevant Sections: 2.5.1 - Interpretation Request #3
Topic: Defect in XSH dlsym Relevant Sections: dlsym - Interpretation Request #5
Topic: Defect in XSH unlink Relevant Sections: unlink - Interpretation Request #6
Topic: Defect in XCU sed Relevant Sections: sed rfile - Interpretation Request #7
Topic: Defect in XSH fmax Relevant Sections: fmax NaN - Interpretation Request #8
Topic: Defect in XSH fmin Relevant Sections: fmin NaN - Interpretation Request #9
Topic: Defect in XSH pthread_attr_setstack Relevant Sections: pthread_attr_setstack margin code - Interpretation Request #10
Topic: Defect in XBD signal.h Relevant Sections:struct sigaction - Interpretation Request #11
Topic: Defect in XCU pax Relevant Sections: pax cpio symlinks - Interpretation Request #12
Topic: Defect in XCU yacc Relevant Sections: yacc token - Interpretation Request #13
Topic: Defect in XSH getaddrinfo Relevant Sections: EAI_OVERFLOW - Interpretation Request #14
Topic: Defect in XSH setlocale Relevant Sections: editorial error - Interpretation Request #15
Topic:Defect in XSH strtold/wcstold () Relevant Sections: exponent parts - Interpretation Request #17
Topic: locale -k (Rdvk finaltext/XCU ERN 1) Relevant Sections: XCU locale STDOUT - Interpretation Request #18
Topic: expr invalid_opearand Relevant Sections: expr STDOUT - Interpretation Request #20
Topic: c99 Relevant Sections: Output File - Interpretation Request #21
Topic: locale Relevant Sections: STDOUT - Interpretation Request #22
Topic: posix_fallocate on filesystems that do not support the feature Relevant Sections: posix_fallocate - Interpretation Request #23
Topic: feupdate raising saved exceptions Relevant Sections: feupdateenv() - Interpretation Request #24
Topic: negative len arguments Relevant Sections: posix_fadvise() - Interpretation Request #25
Topic: errors and fstat with file off_t Relevant Sections: f open - Interpretation Request #26
Topic: option constants Relevant Sections: unistd.h - Interpretation Request #27
Topic: utility extensions violating syntax Relevant Sections: XBD 12.2 Utility Syntax Guidelines - Interpretation Request #28
Topic: spthread_cond_wait deadlock situations Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_cond_wait - Interpretation Request #29
Topic: popen errors Relevant Sections: XSH popen - Interpretation Request #30
Topic: sigpause and use in threaded applications Relevant Sections: XSH sigpause - Interpretation Request #31
Topic: exit should not invoke cancellation cleanup handlers or per-thread data destructors Relevant Sections: XSH exit - Interpretation Request #33
Topic: key_t arithemetic type Relevant Sections: XBD <sys/types.h> key_t - Interpretation Request #34
Topic: SIGPOLL XSR option Relevant Sections: XBD signal.h - Interpretation Request #35
Topic: connected socket definition Relevant Sections: XBD Definitions - Interpretation Request #36
Topic: BRE nested subpatterns Relevant Sections: XBD 9.3.6 - Interpretation Request #38
Topic: number expressions Relevant Sections: XCU test/ shell arithmetic expansion - Interpretation Request #39
Topic: pathchk -p, Filename Portability Relevant Sections: XCU pathchk, XBD Global Concepts - Interpretation Request #40
Topic: pathchk DESCRIPTION Relevant Sections: XCU pathchk - Interpretation Request #41
Topic: trptime leading zeroes Relevant Sections: XSH strptime - Interpretation Request #42
Topic: dbm_open implementation of database files Relevant Sections: XSH dbm_open - Interpretation Request #43
Topic: freopen file descriptor allocation Relevant Sections: XSH freopen - Interpretation Request #45
Topic:aio_error() Relevant Sections: XSH aio_error() - Interpretation Request #46
Topic: access X_OK Relevant Sections: XSH access - Interpretation Request #47
Topic:XBD 8.1 Environment Variable Defn Relevant Sections: XBD 8.1 Environment Variable Defn - Interpretation Request #49
Topic: XBD 7.3.1 LC_CTYPE Relevant Sections: XBD 7.3.1 - Interpretation Request #50
Topic: XBD errno.h Relevant Sections: XBD errno.h - Interpretation Request #51
Topic: fgetc, fgetwc, fgets, fgetws, gets Relevant Sections: XSH fgetc, fgetwc, fgets, fgetws, gets - Interpretation Request #52
Topic: pthread_mutex_setprioceiling() EDEADLK Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_mutex_setprioceiling() - Interpretation Request #53
Topic: asctime() tm_year gt 9999 Relevant Sections: XBD errno.h - Interpretation Request #54
Topic: lockf() threads vs processes Relevant Sections: XSH lockf() - Interpretation Request #55
Topic: system() thread-safety, at_fork handlers Relevant Sections: XSH 2.9.1, system() - Interpretation Request #56
Topic: ftruncate errors Relevant Sections: XSH ftruncate - Interpretation Request #57
Topic: pthread_attr_getstackaddr, stackaddr attribute unset Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_attr_getstackaddr - Interpretation Request #58
Topic: posix_memalign , alignment Relevant Sections:XSH posix_memalign - Interpretation Request #59
Topic: readdir_r errors Relevant Sections: XSH readdir_r - Interpretation Request #60
Topic: aitid() , flags usage Relevant Sections: XSH waitid() - Interpretation Request #61
Topic:sched_setscheduler() Relevant Sections: XSH sched_setscheduler() - Interpretation Request #62
Topic: getenv, static data overwritten Relevant Sections: XSH getenv - Interpretation Request #63
Topic: pthread_self EINTR Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_self) - Interpretation Request #64
Topic: sched.h, option shading Relevant Sections: 1XBD sched.h - Interpretation Request #65
Topic: sigaction, SA_NODEFER Relevant Sections: XSH sigaction - Interpretation Request #66
Topic: sem_open errors Relevant Sections: XSH sem_open - Interpretation Request #67
Topic: pthread_exit(), funlockfile Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_exit() - Interpretation Request #68
Topic: XSH 2.2.2 , SEEK_* namespace Relevant Sections: XSH 2.2.2 - Interpretation Request #69
Topic: pthread_setschedprio priority Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_setschedprio - Interpretation Request #70
Topic: select() FD_SETSIZE Relevant Sections: select() FD_SETSIZE - Interpretation Request #71
Topic: read, thread blocked on O_NONBLOCK Relevant Sections: XSH read - Interpretation Request #72
Topic: strerror return value Relevant Sections: XSH strerror - Interpretation Request #73
Topic: XSH 2.10.6 Socket Types, connect and sendto Relevant Sections: XXSH 2.10.6 Socket Types - Interpretation Request #74
Topic: makecontext() uc_link Relevant Sections: XSH makecontext() - Interpretation Request #76
Topic: rename, final component dot or dot-dot Relevant Sections: XSH rename - Interpretation Request #77
Topic: semaphore names, message queue names Relevant Sections: XSH sem_open, sem_unlink, mq_open, mq_unlink, shm_open - Interpretation Request #78
Topic: mmap page alignment conflict Relevant Sections: XSH mmap, mprotect, munmap, msync - Interpretation Request #79
Topic: mmap() shared synchronization primitive Relevant Sections: XSH mmap()</PRE> - Interpretation Request #80
Topic: fork() and aio control blocks Relevant Sections: XSH fork() (rdvk#1) - Interpretation Request #81
Topic: getgrnam_r return value Relevant Sections: XSH getgrnam_r - Interpretation Request #82
Topic: lio_listio() aio_sigevent Relevant Sections: XSH lio_listio() - Interpretation Request #83
Topic: pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol - Interpretation Request #84
Topic: sigaction SA_RESTART Relevant Sections: XSH sigaction - Interpretation Request #85
Topic: exit vs _exit Relevant Sections: XSH exit - Interpretation Request #86
Topic: pax -H and stdin Relevant Sections: XCU pax - Interpretation Request #87
Topic: vi P command Relevant Sections: XCU vi - Interpretation Request #88
Topic: locale, LANG no value Relevant Sections: XCU locale - Interpretation Request #89
Topic: mailx LC_TIME Relevant Sections: XCU mailx - Interpretation Request #90
Topic: mailx next command Relevant Sections: XCU mailx - Interpretation Request #91
Topic: rm dot Relevant Sections: XCU rm - Interpretation Request #92
Topic:sort, Utility Syntax Guideline 13 Relevant Sections: XCU sort, XBD 12.2 - Interpretation Request #93
Topic: pr, sh, + operand Relevant Sections: XCU pr, sh - Interpretation Request #94
Topic: pathchk DESCRIPTION Relevant Sections: XCU pathchk - Interpretation Request #95
Topic: c99 -l operand Relevant Sections: XCU c99 - Interpretation Request #96
Topic: shell IFS unset Relevant Sections: XCU 2.5.3 IFS - Interpretation Request #97
Topic: pwd -P Relevant Sections: XCU pwd - Interpretation Request #98
Topic: non-whitespace IFS Relevant Sections: XCU 2.6.5 Field Splitting - Interpretation Request #99
Topic: df file operand Relevant Sections: XCU df - Interpretation Request #100
Topic: tail -c 0, -n 0 Relevant Sections: XCU tail - Interpretation Request #101
Topic: ls -l output Relevant Sections: XCU ls - Interpretation Request #102
Topic: dd seek extend Relevant Sections: XCU dd - Interpretation Request #103
Topic: strip object files, archives, executables Relevant Sections: XCU strip - Interpretation Request #104
Topic: nohup standard input Relevant Sections: XCU nohup - Interpretation Request #105
Topic: nohup with standard output closed Relevant Sections: XCU nohup - Interpretation Request #106
Topic: nohup OUTPUT FILES contradicts DESCRIPTION Relevant Sections: XCU nohup - Interpretation Request #107
Topic: test XSI requirements Relevant Sections: XCU test - Interpretation Request #108
Topic: man standard error Relevant Sections: XCU man - Interpretation Request #109
Topic: pax and UTF-8 Relevant Sections: XCU pax