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 New Features of MPE/iX: Using the Hierarchical File System: 300 MPE/iX Computer Systems

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Introducing a New Open Systems Environment
What's POSIX?
How does POSIX change MPE/iX?
What does POSIX offer you?
Postponing the use of POSIX features
Hierarchical File System (HFS)
MPE/iX file system
MPE/iX hierarchical file system
Expanded File Naming Syntax
MPE syntax
HFS syntax
New File Types
Byte-Stream Files
Symbolic Links on MPE/iX
Pipes
FIFOs
New and Enhanced Commands
New commands
Enhanced commands
Enhanced Intrinsics
System-Provided UDCs
New and Enhanced Utilities
New utility: PXUTIL
New backdating tool
Utility enhancements
Computer-Based Training
MPE/iX Shell and Utilities
MPE/iX Developer's Kit

This chapter provides an overview of MPE/iX enhancements as of Release 4.5 and 5.0 for system administrators, programmers, and other MPE/iX system users. It discusses the following topics:

  • Open systems environment

  • Hierarchical file system (HFS)

  • Expanded file naming syntax

  • New and enhanced commands and utilities

  • MPE/iX Shell and Utilities

  • MPE/iX Developer's Kit

If you have read and worked through the tutorial in Chapter 1, the concepts explained in this chapter will be somewhat familiar to you.



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