FUNCTIONS - MPE vs. POSIX
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MPE Intrinsic                      POSIX Function
=============                      ==============
ACTIVATE                           exec
CATREAD                            strerror
CLOCK                              time
CREATE, CREATEPROCESS              fork
FATHER                             getppid
FCLOSE                             close
FFILEINFO                          fstat
FLOCK                              fcntl
FOPEN                              open
FPOINT                             lseek
FREAD                              read
FUNLOCK                            fcntl
FWRITE                             write
HPACDPUT                           chmod, fchmod
HPCICOMMAND, COMMAND               system
HPCIGETVAR                         getenv
HPCIPUTVAR                         putenv
HPERRMSG                           strerror
HPFOPEN                            open
HPPIPE                             pipe
KILL                               kill
PAUSE                              sleep
PRINT                              printf
PROCINFO                           getpid
PROCTIME                           times
QUIT                               exit, abort
WHO                                getlogin




































           COMMANDS - MPE vs. POSIX
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MPE Command                        POSIX Command
===========                        =============
abortjob                           kill
altfile                            chown
altsec                             similar to chmod
ccxl  (ANSI C compiler)            c89  (POSIX C compiler)
chdir                              cd
copy                               cp
discuse, diskuse                   du
echo                               echo
echo !HPCWD                        pwd
echo !HPSYSTEM                     uname
exit                               exit
fcopy ;compare=                    diff, bdiff, cmp
finddir  (UDC in HPPXUDC.PUB.SYS)  find  -type d
findfile (UDC in HPPXUDC.PUB.SYS)  find  -type f
help <command>                     man <command>, help <command>
hpsearch "<file> for <pattern>"    grep <pattern> <file>
link                               ld, c89
listf,     listfile                ls
   @ is wildcard                      * is wildcard
listf ,2   listfile ,2             ll (same as ls -l)
listredo                           history
listspf                            lpstat
newdir                             mkdir
newlink                            ln -s
print  (to display)                more, cat
print  (to printer)                lp
purge                              rm
purgedir                           rmdir
purgelink                          rm
redo                               r [<character>...]
rename                             mv
setvar <variable> <value>          [export] <variable>=<value>
showme                             who am i
showproc                           ps
showtime                           date
showvar @                          env, set
showvar HPCWD                      pwd
showvar HPSYSTEM                   uname
sort                               sort
spoolf ;delete                     cancel
store                              tar, cpio, pax



Other Comparisions
==================
clear display,                     clear
   ALT-J in Reflection 1

command file                       shell script
UDC with option logon              /etc/profile (system), .profile (individual)

command interrupt: Break key       CTRL-Y

CI variable                        shell variable
      - dereference with !               - dereference with $
   HPHGROUP                           HOME
   HPPATH                             PATH
   HPPROMPT                           PS1