VMS 5.5/POSIX

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From: Cazier
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:19

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The responses I've recieved with my earlier questions about VMS 5.5/POSIX
have been in the form of LECTURES about POSIX. I'm not looking for a 
religious lecture on POSIX ... I'm seeking folks who might have some 
knowledge about how functionally equivalent VMS 5.5/POSIX is to UNIX/POSIX?

If I (a UNIX user) am placed on VMS 5.5/POSIX and run the "posix" shell
will I get the same functionality from that environment (under VMS) as
I would if I remain on my current DEC Ultrix system 5500.

It woudl be nice to get some type of mapping on Ultrix vs VMS 5.5/POSIX
to see what functions, system calls and/or tools/utilities I'm losing in
such a move.

I do not feel that reading DEC literature will tell me qualitatively what
to expect from my new environment.

Anyone with such info or war stories, please respond ... thanks.

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