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{{library}}'''POSIX''' or "Portable Operating System Interface" is the collective name of a family of related standards specified by the [[IEEE]] to define the application programming interface ([[API]]) for software compatible with variants of [[UNIX]]. More information found on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posix the wiki].
{{library}}'''POSIX''' or "Portable Operating System Interface" is a standard for systems that resemble [[Unix]]. The current version, [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ POSIX.1-2008], is a project of both the [[IEEE]] and the Open Group. More information is at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX Wikipedia].

* POSIX defines an [[API]] for [[C]] programs, with functions such as <tt>fork()</tt>, <tt>opendir()</tt>, <tt>pthread_create()</tt>, <tt>regcomp()</tt>, <tt>wait()</tt> and <tt>unlink()</tt>.
* POSIX also defines commands such as <tt>[[AWK|awk]]</tt>, <tt>[[bc]]</tt>, <tt>grep</tt>, <tt>ls</tt>, <tt>rm</tt> and <tt>[[UNIX Shell|sh]]</tt>.

The pages in this category have examples marked <nowiki>{{library|POSIX}}</nowiki>. These examples require some of the POSIX functions; a [[C]] or [[C++]] example that calls <tt>fork()</tt> would be in this category. Some languages, like [[Ada]] or [[Perl]], have a POSIX library.

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POSIX or "Portable Operating System Interface" is a standard for systems that resemble Unix. The current version, POSIX.1-2008, is a project of both the IEEE and the Open Group. More information is at Wikipedia.

  • POSIX defines an API for C programs, with functions such as fork(), opendir(), pthread_create(), regcomp(), wait() and unlink().
  • POSIX also defines commands such as awk, bc, grep, ls, rm and sh.

The pages in this category have examples marked {{library|POSIX}}. These examples require some of the POSIX functions; a C or C++ example that calls fork() would be in this category. Some languages, like Ada or Perl, have a POSIX library.