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Name: bob
Date: July 8, 2001 at 23:14:29 Pacific
Subject: Beos&*nix

Comment:

Hey guys, i see that i can use some of linux command on beos console. And i was thinking that if it BeOS is one of UNIX varian ?

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Response Number 1

Name: astroraptor
Date: July 13, 2001 at 08:13:25 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

Nope, it's just a mixture of UNIX and Windows.

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Response Number 2

Name: Johan
Date: July 31, 2001 at 14:44:31 Pacific

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Correction.
BeOS is not a UNIX variant. What you
experienced is the POSIX layer running
BASH.
What is POSIX?
Simple answer: POSIX is a standard that
attemps to give a uniform experience
across multiple platforms.
Techie answer: POSIX defines a standard
set of APIs for code portability.

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