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From: Phred Phungus on 1 Mar 2010 17:19 Geoff Clare wrote: > 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 A newer version of the same spec is here: 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." > http://i46.tinypic.com/2lntmc2.png I've got fifty bucks to spend if I have to. That's 2.5 times what I gave to St. Tim's yesterday. How much money should I spend here, given that a slightly-older version of the unix specification would fit my needs? -- fred
From: Ersek, Laszlo on 1 Mar 2010 18:03 In article <7v2srvF1lhU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Phred Phungus <Phred(a)example.invalid> writes: > Geoff Clare wrote: >> 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." >> > > http://i46.tinypic.com/2lntmc2.png > > I've got fifty bucks to spend if I have to. That's 2.5 times what I > gave to St. Tim's yesterday. > > How much money should I spend here None. Just register, you get a cookie, then you can download the tarball. SUSv2: http://www.unix.org/version2/online.html SUSv3: http://www.unix.org/version3/online.html Click the "register to read/view or download" links. SUSv4: http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/c082.htm Click the "See the HTML version on the web" link. Cheers, lacos
From: Geoff Clare on 2 Mar 2010 08:29 Ersek, Laszlo wrote: > None. Just register, you get a cookie, then you can download the > tarball. > > SUSv2: http://www.unix.org/version2/online.html > SUSv3: http://www.unix.org/version3/online.html > > Click the "register to read/view or download" links. > > SUSv4: http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/c082.htm > > Click the "See the HTML version on the web" link. The tarball download for SUSv4 is available now as well, at http://www.unix.org/2008edition/ Not sure why it doesn't follow the same URL pattern as the old versions. -- Geoff Clare <netnews(a)gclare.org.uk>
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