UNIX programming standards.

I've heard of things like POSIX, IEEE, ANSI/ISO, XPG; I'm sure there
are many others.  Would anyone be able to give me a complete list of
what UNIX programming standards exist at the moment.  I'm looking for
a complete list of all the standards that exist and what versions of
those standards would be relevant for UNIX programming today.

For example I believe XPGn is a UNIX specific programming standard,
the latest version would be useful for new implementations, however
what older versions would be usuful for existing maintenence work?  If
possible it would also be good to know where to get the standards
from, or where to find more information on them.

Thanks.

be_qanda@yahoo.com (be_qanda) writes:

> I've heard of things like POSIX, IEEE, ANSI/ISO, XPG; I'm sure there
> are many others.  Would anyone be able to give me a complete list of
> what UNIX programming standards exist at the moment.  I'm looking for
> a complete list of all the standards that exist and what versions of
> those standards would be relevant for UNIX programming today.
>
> For example I believe XPGn is a UNIX specific programming standard,
> the latest version would be useful for new implementations, however
> what older versions would be usuful for existing maintenence work?  If
> possible it would also be good to know where to get the standards
> from, or where to find more information on them.

A good way to gather perhaps 70% of the standards, and at least 90% of
the pertinent ones, would be to scan the linux man pages, section
"CONFORMING TO", where the adopted standard are listed.

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Pascal Bourguignon <spam@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

> A good way to gather perhaps 70% of the standards, and at least 90% of
> the pertinent ones, would be to scan the linux man pages, section
> "CONFORMING TO", where the adopted standard are listed.

However, the other 10-30% contains incorrect claims of conformance to
the same standards...

(this problem is true of manpages on any system ;-)

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In article <b3664232.0410180143.59b0c854@posting.google.com>,
be_qanda@yahoo.com (be_qanda) wrote:

> I've heard of things like POSIX, IEEE, ANSI/ISO, XPG; I'm sure there
> are many others.  Would anyone be able to give me a complete list of
> what UNIX programming standards exist at the moment.  I'm looking for
> a complete list of all the standards that exist and what versions of
> those standards would be relevant for UNIX programming today.

Unix programming books often have a detailed taxonomy of these standards
in their introductions.  I haven't read Rich Teer's new book, but I'll
bet he has a good one that's up to date.

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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Barry Margolin wrote:

> Unix programming books often have a detailed taxonomy of these standards
> in their introductions.  I haven't read Rich Teer's new book, but I'll
> bet he has a good one that's up to date.

Thanks for the plug, Barry.  Yes, my book does describe the key
standards: ISO C, SVID, POSIX 1003.1 and 1003.2, XPG4, and (most
importantly, arguably) versions 1 to 3 of the Single UNIX Spec.

It also contains a large (10+ page) table summarizing the 540 or
so functions I describe, showing (in addition to other things)
what standard(s) a function is from.  The book also shows (and this
is admittedly Solaris specific) which versions of Solaris conform
with what standards, and how to compile applications that conform
to a given standard.

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Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:<barmar-4C9567.20374418102004@co
mcast.dca.giganews.com>...
>
> Unix programming books often have a detailed taxonomy of these standards
> in their introductions.  I haven't read Rich Teer's new book, but I'll
> bet he has a good one that's up to date.

Yes, I have Stevens APUE, but I was hoping for a 'complete' list of
standards to make sure I don't miss any.  I don't know Rich Teer's
book - details please.

Thanks.

be_qanda@yahoo.com (be_qanda) writes:

>Yes, I have Stevens APUE, but I was hoping for a 'complete' list of
>standards to make sure I don't miss any.  I don't know Rich Teer's
>book - details please.

How hard did you look?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=gla
nce

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In article <b3664232.0410190027.49b8140c@posting.google.com>,
be_qanda@yahoo.com (be_qanda) wrote:

> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:<barmar-4C9567.20374418102004@comcast.dca.giganews.com>... 
>
> Yes, I have Stevens APUE, but I was hoping for a 'complete' list of
> standards to make sure I don't miss any.  I don't know Rich Teer's
> book - details please.

He's only been mentioning it in every one of his posts in the
comp.unix.* newsgroups for ws.

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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, be_qanda wrote:

> Yes, I have Stevens APUE, but I was hoping for a 'complete' list of
> standards to make sure I don't miss any.  I don't know Rich Teer's
> book - details please.

All details, including the comlete TOC, index, preface, and a
sample chapter, can be found from the book's site:

www.rite-group.com/rich/ssp

HTH,

--
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, author of "Solaris Systems Programming",
published in August 2004.

President,
Rite Online Inc.

Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638
URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 02:43:28 -0700, be_qanda wrote:

> I've heard of things like POSIX, IEEE, ANSI/ISO, XPG; I'm sure there
> are many others.  Would anyone be able to give me a complete list of
> what UNIX programming standards exist at the moment.  I'm looking for
> a complete list of all the standards that exist and what versions of
> those standards would be relevant for UNIX programming today.

The most current standards are:

o Single Unix Specification (SUS)
This describes the Unix API.
o ANSI/ISO C/C++.
This describes the C and C++ programming languages.

For a reasonably good, albeit short, overview of the various
standards, see:

http://petef.port5.com/c/portability.txt

You may also want to look at:

http://predef.sourceforge.net/

> For example I believe XPGn is a UNIX specific programming standard,
> the latest version would be useful for new implementations, however
> what older versions would be usuful for existing maintenence work?  If

It depends on which version of what platforms you are going to
support. However, I am not aware of any table showing the mapping
between platforms and standards (although it doesn't sound like
a difficult thing to make -- just a little time consuming.)

> possible it would also be good to know where to get the standards
> from, or where to find more information on them.

See:

http://www.opengroup.org/austin/pap...e_unix_faq.html

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