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+.. COMMENT: COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2002.
+.. COMMENT: On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
+.. COMMENT: All rights reserved.
+
Preface
#######
-This is the User's Guide for the POSIX API support
-provided in RTEMS.
+This is the User's Guide for the POSIX API support provided in RTEMS.
-The functionality described in this document is based
-on the following standards:
+The functionality described in this document is based on the following
+standards:
- POSIX 1003.1b-1993.
@@ -13,57 +16,35 @@ on the following standards:
- Open Group Single UNIX Specification.
-Much of the POSIX API standard is actually implemented in the
-Cygnus Newlib ANSI C Library. Please refer to documentation on
-Newlib for more information on the functionality it supplies.
+Much of the POSIX API standard is actually implemented in the Cygnus Newlib
+ANSI C Library. Please refer to documentation on Newlib for more information
+on the functionality it supplies.
-This manual is still under construction and improvements
-are welcomed from users.
+This manual is still under construction and improvements are welcomed from
+users.
Acknowledgements
================
-.. COMMENT: COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2009.
-
-.. COMMENT: On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
-
-.. COMMENT: All rights reserved.
-
-.. COMMENT: The RTEMS Project has been granted permission from The Open Group
-
-.. COMMENT: IEEE to excerpt and use portions of the POSIX standards documents
-
-.. COMMENT: in the RTEMS POSIX API User's Guide and RTEMS Shell User's Guide.
-
-.. COMMENT: We have to include a specific acknowledgement paragraph in these
-
-.. COMMENT: documents (e.g. preface or copyright page) and another slightly
-
-.. COMMENT: different paragraph for each manual page that excerpts and uses
-
-.. COMMENT: text from the standards.
-
-.. COMMENT: This file should help ensure that the paragraphs are consistent
-
-.. COMMENT: and not duplicated
-
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The
- Open Group, have given us permission to reprint portions of their
- documentation.
- Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
- form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for Information
- Technology Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
- Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (c) 2001-2004 by the
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The
- Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version
- and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original
- IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
- original Standard can be obtained online athttp://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html.
+The RTEMS Project has been granted permission from The Open Group IEEE to
+excerpt and use portions of the POSIX standards documents in the RTEMS POSIX
+API User's Guide and RTEMS Shell User's Guide. We have to include a specific
+acknowledgement paragraph in these documents (e.g. preface or copyright page)
+and another slightly different paragraph for each manual page that excerpts and
+uses text from the standards.
+
+This file should help ensure that the paragraphs are consistent and not
+duplicated
+
+ The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
+ Group, have given us permission to reprint portions of their documentation.
+ Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from
+ IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
+ Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications
+ Issue 6, Copyright (c) 2001-2004 by the Institute of Electrical and
+ Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
+ discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group
+ Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
+ document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
+ http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html.
This notice shall appear on any product containing this material.
-
-.. COMMENT: COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2002.
-
-.. COMMENT: On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
-
-.. COMMENT: All rights reserved.
-