From: Geoff Clare on
Alan Curry wrote:

> |Is there an authoritative online function reference for contemporary unix?
>
> A newer version of the same spec is here:
>
[snip]
>
> I have no idea why they hide them under inexplicable names like "000095399"
> and "9699919799" instead of some naming scheme that would enable us to find
> the newer version more easily.

It's because they like people to register. From www.unix.org/online ...

"We request that you register your details in order to proceed to
view or download the complete online version of the specification.
Once registered you can then bookmark the table of contents page
to avoid having to register again.
[...]
this allows us to track the numbers of people accessing the
specification."

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Geoff Clare <netnews(a)gclare.org.uk>