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Ap A. MPE/iX and POSIX Differences [ HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Express III Documentation

HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide

Appendix A  MPE/iX and POSIX Differences 

On the FTP/iX versions, released on versions 4.5 and greater of MPE/iX
(Multiprogramming Executive/integrated POSIX), FTP/iX has the ability to
access files in both the MPE/iX and POSIX (IEEE Portable Operating System
Interface for Computing Environments) name space.  The POSIX standards
define a common portable interface to files.  The following information
defines access and command usage while operating in the POSIX name space
environment.

   *   Filename size restrictions on the MPE/iX file system

   *   MPE/iX and POSIX file identifiers

   *   Working with directories

   *   Listing MPE/iX or POSIX files

   *   Bytestream files

   *   Transferring files

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