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What is POSIX?
POSIX stands for Portable Operating System Interface for Unix, which is a standard defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that specifies a set of operating system services. Programs that utilize the POSIX standard can be easily moved from one system to another. Although POSIX is based on UNIX system services, it is designed to be developed by other operating systems as well.
POSIX stands for Portable Operating System Interface for Unix, which is a standard defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that specifies a set of operating system services. Programs that utilize the POSIX standard can be easily moved from one system to another. Although POSIX is based on UNIX system services, it is designed to be developed by other operating systems as well.