i am very sorry for this newbie question, but i have read POSIX so many times now, but i still have no idea what its all about. Since you you mentioned it in one sentence with ANSI C, its probably a programming standard, am I right? Martin 11.03.2002 19:44:08, "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> That is yet to be determined. >>> I would *guess* some mixture of both. >>> Example - strcpy. Obviously, you need it for POSIX compatability. But >> >>That's a poorly choosen example. You need strcpy for ANSI/ISO C >>compatibility, not for POSIX compatibility. >> >> >>manuel, > >My reference was the O'Reilly book "Posix Programmer's Guide". >I personally have never read the Posix spec, but I will assume that you have >and agree with you. :-) > > > >