System V R 3.1,3.2,3.3, 4 ? What's the diff ?
J.T. Conklin
jtc at van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca
Fri Oct 26 06:14:30 AEST 1990
In article <1990Oct23.015640.23819 at melb.bull.oz.au> sjg at sun0.melb.bull.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty) writes:
>Ok, I have asked all the System V guru's I know. (Even tried
>AT&T :-) and have got nowhere. So perhaps the net can help.
>
>Can anybody provide a list (succinct if possible) of the major
>changes introduced with System V 3.1,3.2 etc. A reference to a
>suitable source would also be useful.
I got this from the UNIX System V Release 4 Migration Guide:
Release 2.0 Features
Self-Configuration
Dynamic Disk Partitioning
File System Hardening
Advisory File and Record Locking
Shell Enhancements (Job Control)
System Administration Menus (sysadm)
Release 2.1 Features
Demand Paging
Manditory File and Record Locking
Release 3.0 Features
Remote File Sharing
STREAMS
Transport Level Interface
Listener
Shared Libraries
getopts
Signal Mechanism Enhancements
Improved Facilities for Supporting Terminals
Release 3.1 Features
Support for Eight-Bit Code Sets
Support for Alternate Date and Time Formats
Support for Alternate Character Classification and
Conversion Rules
New awk (nawk)
Improved Recovery of Files from cpio Archives
Incremental Backup of Nested Files
Swapping the User Area
Smaller and Faster Curses
Release 3.2 Features
Enhanced System Security
2K File System Utilities
Framed Access Command Environment
Form and Menu Language Interpreter
Enhanced curses
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