Appendix A MPE/iX and POSIX Differences

Table of Contents

Filename Size Restrictions

MPE/iX Namespace

POSIX Namespace

Working With Directories

Commands

Command Line (CI) Examples

FTP Usage Examples

Listing MPE/iX or POSIX Files

Bytestream Files

Build

Building and Transferring a Bytestream File

FTP Default Name Space

Transferring Files

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.