                        DIGITAL   8           POSIX for OpenVMS[TM] Version 2.0 Cover Letter             AV-Q9H1A-TE J                                                                  June 1994  L           Digital is pleased to provide POSIX for OpenVMS Version 2.0, whichJ           includes support for the following standards and specifications:  5           o  IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990   !           o  IEEE Std P1003.1a/D4   "           o  IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993  4           o  IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 ISO/IEC DIS 9945-2  !           o  IEEE Std P1003.4a/D6   L           o  X/Open Portability Guide Issue 3: XSI Supplementary Definitions  -           o  X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4   7           o  ISO/IEC 9899:1990, Programming Languages-C   N           The right to use POSIX for OpenVMS Version 2.0 is included with yourK           OpenVMS license. For OpenVMS VAX, Versions 5.5-2, 6.0 or 6.1 must G           be installed; for OpenVMS AXP, Version 6.1 must be installed.   $           Digital Quality Initiative  O           Digital is dedicated to improving software quality. The software con- R           tained in this release also provides solutions for a number of customer-Q           reported problems. This software has been rigorously tested both within K           Digital and at customer test sites. Digital is continually devel- K           oping and testing software improvements. Between releases, a num- M           ber of patches may be made available through normal Digital support N           channels. Please contact your normal Digital support channel for de-A           tailed information concerning these individual patches.   4           FIPS 151-2 Certification and XPG4 Branding  L           OpenVMS Version 6.1 for VAX and AXP platforms with POSIX for Open-L           VMS Version 2.0 has successfully passed the POSIX Conformance TestM           Suite (PCTS) for the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) K           151-2 and is awaiting formal approval from the National Institute D           of Standards and Technology (NIST) for this certification.  M           In addition, OpenVMS Version 6.1 for the VAX and AXP platforms with O           POSIX for OpenVMS Version 2.0 has successfully run the VSX test suite K           as required by X/Open for XPG4 branding and Digital has submitted 3           its application for X/Open XPG4 branding.              ___________________   N        [TM] POSIX for OpenVMS is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.               4           POSIX for OpenVMS Version 2.0 Kit Contents  M           The POSIX for OpenVMS Version 2.0 kit is distributed in the follow-            ing forms:  O           o  binary savesets (including documentation) on 9-track magnetic tape   D           o  binary savesets (including documentation) on TK50 media  O           o  Consolidated Distribution (CONDIST) on CD-ROM for OpenVMS VAX lay-               ered products  +           o  CD-ROM Library for OpenVMS AXP   (           o  hard copy documentation set  5           POSIX for OpenVMS Version 2.0 Documentation   L           The documentation for POSIX for OpenVMS Version 2.0 includes a setN           of manuals supplied in hardcopy and in OpenVMS DECwindows BookreaderK           format. Other manuals are supplied in the form of printable files O           (PostScript[R] and ASCII). Customers may order the documentation sep-            arately.  N           As with all Digital products, the OpenVMS DECwindows Bookreader ver-L           sions of the POSIX for OpenVMS manuals are available only to thoseK           users who subscribe to the OpenVMS Online Documentation Subscrip-            tion Service.   N           The following table lists the contents of the POSIX for OpenVMS doc-           umentation set:   J           ________________________________________________________________J           Manual________________________________________Available_Format__  A           POSIX for OpenVMS Installation and System     Hardcopy, B           Management Guide                              Bookreader  I           POSIX for OpenVMS Release Notes               Postscript, ASCII   A           POSIX for OpenVMS Reference Manual: Shell     Hardcopy, B           and Utilities                                 Bookreader  A           POSIX for OpenVMS Reference Manual:           Hardcopy, B           Callable Interface                            Bookreader  A           POSIX for OpenVMS Guide to Using the Shell    Hardcopy, B                                                         Bookreader  A           POSIX for OpenVMS Guide to Programming        Hardcopy, B                                                         Bookreader  C           POSIX 1003.1-1990 Conformance Document for    Postscript, I           OpenVMS                                       Bookreader, ASCII   C           POSIX 1003.1b-1993 Conformance Document       Postscript, I           for OpenVMS                                   Bookreader, ASCII   C           POSIX 1003.2-1992 Conformance Document for    Postscript, I           OpenVMS                                       Bookreader, ASCII              ___________________   O         [R] PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.   +                                           2              J           ________________________________________________________________J           Manual________________________________________Available_Format__  C           POSIX for OpenVMS X/Open Conformance          Postscript, I           Statement                                     Bookreader, ASCII   @           POSIX for OpenVMS Software Product De-        HardcopyJ           scription_______________________________________________________                                                                                            H               Digital Equipment Corporation. 1994. 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