Questions tagged [posix]

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What does it mean to have a POSIX-compliant operating system?

What does it mean if the operating system is said to be POSIX-compliant?
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List of POSIX-certified operating systems?

Where can I find a list of POSIX-certified operating systems? The official list contains just six entries.
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How to copy file into an incrementally numbered dir?

For instance, if there is dir 3: mkdir 4; cp file 4 The dir could also be called 3 other text. Still no text needs to be in mkdir 4 besides the incremented number. The highest number needs to be detected.
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If SUS exists then why there's also POSIX?

We know that to define whether the system is Unix or not there's a Single UNIX Specification(SUS) which is held by OpenGroup. Then why there's another certification as POSIX? Are these things the same?
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