IEEE Standards Interpretations
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IEEE Std 1003.1™-2001
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Interpretations
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #1
- Topic: Defect in XBD <sys/stat.h> Relevant Sections: <sys/stat.h>
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #2
- Topic: interaction of file descriptors and I/O streams Relevant
Sections: 2.5.1
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #3
- Topic: Defect in XSH dlsym Relevant Sections: dlsym
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #4
- Topic: Defect in XSH sigaction Relevant Sections: sigaction
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #5
- Topic: Defect in XSH unlink Relevant Sections: unlink
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #6
- Topic: Defect in XCU sed Relevant Sections: sed rfile
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #7
- Topic: Defect in XSH fmax Relevant Sections: fmax NaN
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #8
- Topic: Defect in XSH fmin Relevant Sections: fmin NaN
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #09
- Topic: Defect in XSH pthread_attr_setstack Relevant Sections:
pthread_attr_setstack margin code
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #10
- Topic: Defect in XBD signal.h Relevant Sections:struct sigaction
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #11
- Topic: Defect in XCU pax Relevant Sections: pax cpio symlinks
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #12
- Topic: Defect in XCU yacc Relevant Sections: yacc token
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #13
- Topic: Defect in XSH getaddrinfo Relevant Sections: EAI_OVERFLOW
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #14
- Topic: Defect in XSH setlocale Relevant Sections: editorial
error
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #15
- Topic:Defect in XSH strtold/wcstold () Relevant Sections: exponent
parts
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #17
- Topic: locale -k (Rdvk finaltext/XCU ERN 1) Relevant Sections:
XCU locale STDOUT
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #18
- Topic: expr invalid_opearand Relevant Sections: expr STDOUT
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #19
- Topic: rm Relevant Sections: rm DESCRIPTION
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #20
- Topic: c99 Relevant Sections: Output File
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #21
- Topic: locale Relevant Sections: STDOUT
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #22
- Topic: posix_fallocate on filesystems that do not support the feature
Relevant Sections: posix_fallocate
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #23
- Topic: feupdate raising saved exceptions Relevant Sections:feupdateenv()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #24
- Topic: negative len arguments Relevant Sections: posix_fadvise()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #25
- Topic: errors and fstat with file off_t Relevant Sections: f
open
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #26
- Topic: option constants Relevant Sections: unistd.h
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #27
- Topic: utility extensions violating syntax Relevant Sections:
XBD 12.2 Utility Syntax Guidelines
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #28
- Topic: spthread_cond_wait deadlock situations Relevant Sections:
XSH pthread_cond_wait
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #29
- Topic: popen errors Relevant Sections: XSH popen
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #30
- Topic: sigpause and use in threaded applications Relevant Sections:
XSH sigpause
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #31
- Topic: exit should not invoke cancellation cleanup handlers or per-thread
data destructors Relevant Sections: XSH exit
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #32
- Topic: mq_notify(mq,NULL) behavior is not specified Relevant Sections:
XSH mq_notify
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #33
- Topic: key_t arithemetic type Relevant Sections: XBD <sys/types.h>
key_t
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #34
- Topic: SIGPOLL XSR option Relevant Sections: XBD signal.h
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #35
- Topic: connected socket definition Relevant Sections: XBD Definitions
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #36
- Topic: BRE nested subpatterns Relevant Sections: XBD 9.3.6
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #37
- Topic: cd relative paths Relevant Sections: XCU cd
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #38
- Topic: number expressions Relevant Sections: XCU test/ shell
arithmetic expansion
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #39
- Topic: pathchk -p, Filename Portability Relevant Sections: XCU
pathchk, XBD Global Concepts
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #40
- Topic: pathchk DESCRIPTION Relevant Sections: XCU pathchk
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #41
- Topic: trptime leading zeroes Relevant Sections: XSH strptime
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #42
- Topic: dbm_open implementation of database files Relevant Sections:
XSH dbm_open
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #43
- Topic: freopen file descriptor allocation Relevant Sections:
XSH freopen
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #44
- Topic: may fails vs shall fails Relevant Sections: XSH accept,bind,catgets,strdup
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #45
- Topic:aio_error() Relevant Sections: XSH aio_error()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #46
- Topic: access X_OK Relevant Sections: XSH access
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #47
- Topic:XBD 8.1 Environment Variable Defn Relevant Sections: XBD
8.1 Environment Variable Defn
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #48
- Topic: XBD pthread.h pthread_rwlock_initializer Relevant Sections:
XBD pthread.h
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #49
- Topic: XBD 7.3.1 LC_CTYPE Relevant Sections: XBD 7.3.1
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #50
- Topic: XBD errno.h Relevant Sections: XBD errno.h
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #51
- Topic: fgetc, fgetwc, fgets, fgetws, gets Relevant Sections:
XSH fgetc, fgetwc, fgets, fgetws, gets
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #52
- Topic: pthread_mutex_setprioceiling() EDEADLK Relevant Sections:
XSH pthread_mutex_setprioceiling()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #53
- Topic: asctime() tm_year gt 9999 Relevant Sections: XBD errno.h
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #54
- Topic: lockf() threads vs processes Relevant Sections: XSH lockf()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #55
- Topic: system() thread-safety, at_fork handlers Relevant Sections:
XSH 2.9.1, system()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #56
- Topic: ftruncate errors Relevant Sections: XSH ftruncate
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #57
- Topic: pthread_attr_getstackaddr, stackaddr attribute unset Relevant
Sections: XSH pthread_attr_getstackaddr
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #58
- Topic: posix_memalign , alignment Relevant Sections:XSH posix_memalign
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #59
- Topic: readdir_r errors Relevant Sections: XSH readdir_r
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #60
- Topic: aitid() , flags usage Relevant Sections: XSH waitid()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #61
- Topic:sched_setscheduler() Relevant Sections: XSH sched_setscheduler()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #62
- Topic: getenv, static data overwritten Relevant Sections: XSH
getenv
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #63
- Topic: pthread_self EINTR Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_self)
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #64
- Topic: sched.h, option shading Relevant Sections: 1XBD sched.h
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #65
- Topic: sigaction, SA_NODEFER Relevant Sections: XSH sigaction
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #66
- Topic: sem_open errors Relevant Sections: XSH sem_open
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #67
- Topic: pthread_exit(), funlockfile Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_exit()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #68
- Topic: XSH 2.2.2 , SEEK_* namespace Relevant Sections: XSH 2.2.2
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #69
- Topic: pthread_setschedprio priority Relevant Sections: XSH pthread_setschedprio
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #70
- Topic: select() FD_SETSIZE Relevant Sections: select() FD_SETSIZE
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #71
- Topic: read, thread blocked on O_NONBLOCK Relevant Sections:
XSH read
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #72
- Topic: strerror return value Relevant Sections: XSH strerror
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #73
- Topic: XSH 2.10.6 Socket Types, connect and sendto Relevant Sections:
XXSH 2.10.6 Socket Types
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #74
- Topic: makecontext() uc_link Relevant Sections: XSH makecontext()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #75
- Topic: XSH 2.2.1.2 _POSIX_C_SOURCE Relevant Sections: XSH 2.2.1.2
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #76
- Topic: rename, final component dot or dot-dot Relevant Sections:
XSH rename
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #77
- Topic: semaphore names, message queue names Relevant Sections:
XSH sem_open, sem_unlink, mq_open, mq_unlink,
shm_open
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #78
- Topic: mmap page alignment conflict Relevant Sections: XSH mmap,
mprotect, munmap, msync
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #79
- Topic: mmap() shared synchronization primitive Relevant Sections:
XSH mmap()</PRE>
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #80
- Topic: fork() and aio control blocks Relevant Sections: XSH fork()
(rdvk#1)
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #81
- Topic: getgrnam_r return value Relevant Sections: XSH getgrnam_r
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #82
- Topic: lio_listio() aio_sigevent Relevant Sections: XSH lio_listio()
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #83
- Topic: pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT Relevant
Sections: XSH pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #84
- Topic: sigaction SA_RESTART Relevant Sections: XSH sigaction
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #85
- Topic: exit vs _exit Relevant Sections: XSH exit
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #86
- Topic: pax -H and stdin Relevant Sections: XCU pax
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #87
- Topic: vi P command Relevant Sections: XCU vi
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #88
- Topic: locale, LANG no value Relevant Sections: XCU locale
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #89
- Topic: mailx LC_TIME Relevant Sections: XCU mailx
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #90
- Topic: mailx next command Relevant Sections: XCU mailx
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #91
- Topic: rm dot Relevant Sections: XCU rm
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #92
- Topic:sort, Utility Syntax Guideline 13 Relevant Sections: XCU
sort, XBD 12.2
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #93
- Topic: pr, sh, + operand Relevant Sections: XCU pr, sh
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #94
- Topic: pathchk DESCRIPTION Relevant Sections: XCU pathchk
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #95
- Topic: c99 -l operand Relevant Sections: XCU c99
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #96
- Topic: shell IFS unset Relevant Sections: XCU 2.5.3 IFS
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #97
- Topic: pwd -P Relevant Sections: XCU pwd
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #98
- Topic: non-whitespace IFS Relevant Sections: XCU 2.6.5 Field
Splitting
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #99
- Topic: df file operand Relevant Sections: XCU df
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #100
- Topic: tail -c 0, -n 0 Relevant Sections: XCU tail
-
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #101
- Topic: ls -l output Relevant Sections: XCU ls
-
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #102
- Topic: dd seek extend Relevant Sections: XCU dd
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- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #103
- Topic: strip object files, archives, executables Relevant Sections:
XCU strip
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #104
- Topic: nohup standard input Relevant Sections: XCU nohup
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #105
- Topic: nohup with standard output closed Relevant Sections: XCU
nohup
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #106
- Topic: nohup OUTPUT FILES contradicts DESCRIPTION Relevant Sections:
XCU nohup
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #107
- Topic: test XSI requirements Relevant Sections: XCU test
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #108
- Topic: man standard error Relevant Sections: XCU man
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 Interpretation #109
- Topic: pax and UTF-8 Relevant Sections: XCU pax
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