Thank you,
Is it that /usr/bin binaries are more advanced than that of /xpg4
things or .. the extensions of the /xpg4 things?
If i want to make some modifications in the code.. Can i do it for /xpg4/bin
commands or .. i should do it for /usr/bin commands??
Sasidhar.
On Dec 15, 2007 9:46 PM, John Plocher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> KASTURI VENKATA SESHA SASIDHAR wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am working on open solaris bugs .. and need to change the code
> of df in the above two folders..
> >
> > I would like to know why there are two df's with diff options in the
> respective folders..
> > /usr/bin/df is different is from /usr/xpg4/bin/df!!
> >
> > Why is it so?? What is this xpg4 represent?
>
>
> One is explicitly compatible with the POSIX/XPG-4 standards specification,
> the other with legacy SunOS/Solaris behavior - and there are option- or
> behavior- conflicts between them both such that they couldn't be the same
> executable without breaking compatibility with one spec or the other.
>
--
V S Sasidhar Kasturi,
Third year, B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Warangal,
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
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