IEEE DRAFT 2003.1B : D5 JUN 96

INTRODUCTION
Organization of This Standard
How to Read this Standard
Related Standards Activities
Section 1: General
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Normative References
  1.3 Conformance
  1.4 Test Methods
Section 2: Terminology and General Requirements
  2.1 Conventions
  2.2 Definitions
  2.3 General Concepts
  2.4 Error Numbers
  2.5 Primitive System Data Types
  2.6 Environment Description
  2.7 C Language Definitions
  2.8 Numerical Limits
  2.9 Symbolic Constants
Section 3: Process Primitives
  3.1 Process Creation and Execution
  3.2 Process Termination
  3.3 Signals
  3.4 Timer Operations
Section 4: Process Environment
  4.8 Configurable System Variables
Section 5: Files and Directories
  5.1 Directories
  5.2 Working Directory
  5.3 General File Creation
  5.4 Special File Creation
  5.5 File Removal
  5.6 File Characteristics
  5.7 Configuration Pathname Variables
Section 6: Input and Output Primitives
  6.1 Pipes
  6.2 File Descriptor Manipulation
  6.3 File Descriptor Deassignment
  6.4 Input and Output
  6.5 Control Operations on Files
  6.6 File Synchronization
  6.7 Asynchronous Input and Output
Section 7: Device- and Class-Specific Functions
Section 8: Language-Specific Services for the C
            Programming Language
Section 9: System Databases
Section 10. Data Interchange Format
Section 11. Synchronization
  11.1 Semaphore Characteristics
  11.2 Semaphore Functions
Section 12: Memory Management
  12.1 Memory Locking Functions
  12.2 Memory Mapping Functions
  12.3 Shared Memory Functions
Section 13: Execution Scheduling
  13.1 Scheduling Parameters
  13.2 Scheduling Policies
  13.3 Process Scheduling Functions
Section 14: Clocks and Timers
  14.1 Data Definition for Clocks and Timers
  14.2 Clock and Timer Functions
Section 15: Message Passing
  15.1 Data Definition for Message Queues
  15.2 Message Passing Functions
Annex A (normative) Conforming Test Results
  A.1 General
  A.2 Terminology and General Requirements
  A.3 Process Primitives
  A.4 Process Environment
  A.5 Files and Directories
  A.6 Input and Output Primitives
  A.7 Device- and Class-Specific Functions
  A.8 Language-Specific Services for the C Programming
        Language
  A.9 System Databases
  A.10 Data Interchange Format
  A.11 Synchronization
  A.12 Memory management
  A.13 Execution Scheduling
  A.14 Clocks and Timers
  A.15 Message Passing
Annex B (informative) Bibliography
  B.1 Related Open Systems Standards
  B.2 Other Standards
  B.3 Historical Documentation and Introductory Texts
  B.4 Other Sources of Information
Annex C (informative) Rationale and Notes
  C.1 Scope and Normative Cross-References
Identifier Index
Alphabetic Topical Index
TABLES
Table 1-1 - PCTS Symbols and Values
Table 2-1 - Minimum Values
Table 2-2 - Run-Time Invariant Values (Possibly
              Indeterminate)
Table 2-3 - Maximum Values
Table 2-4 - Compile-Time Symbolic Constants
Table 2-5 - Execution-Time Symbolic Constants
Table 3-1 - Required Signals
Table 3-2 - Job Control Signals
Table 3-3 - Memory Protection Signals
Table 4-2 - Configurable System Variables

Explains the test method specification for POSIX.1b. The test method specifications consist of assertions to be tested to measure conformance of an implementation to POSIX.1b and related test procedures. They specify those parts of POSIX.1b that shall be verified by conformance test methods.