IEEE DRAFT 1003.2B : D12 JUN 99

Introduction
Section 1: Revisions to General
   1.1 Scope
   1.2 Normative references
   1.3 Conformance
   1.4 Test methods
Section 2: Revisions to Terminology and General
           Requirements
         2.2.2 General Terms
         2.2.3 Abbreviations
   2.3 Built-In Utilities
   2.4 Character Set
         2.4.2 State-Dependent Character Encodings
   2.5 Locale
   2.6 Environment Variables
   2.8 Regular Expression Notation
   2.10 Utility Conventions
         2.10.2 Utility Syntax Guidelines
   2.13 Configuration Values
         2.13.3 Pathname Variable Values
Section 3: Revisions to Shell Command Language
   3.13 Pattern Matching Notation
Section 4: Revisions to Execution Environment Utilities
   4.1 awk - Pattern scanning and processing language
   4.3 bc - Arbitrary-precision arithmetic language
   4.5 cd - Change working directory
   4.6 chgrp - Change file group ownership
   4.7 chmod - Change file modes
   4.8 chown - change file ownership
   4.13 cp - Copy files
   4.14 cut - Cut out selected fields of each line of
         a file
   4.15 date - Write the date and time
   4.16 dd - Convert and copy a file
   4.17 diff - Compare two files
   4.20 ed - Edit text
   4.22 expr - Evaluate arguments as an expression
   4.24 find - Find files
   4.26 getconf - Get configuration values
   4.33 ln - Link files
   4.35 localedef - Define locale environment
   4.39 ls - List directory contents
   4.40 mailx - Process Messages
   4.41 mkdir - Make directories
   4.42 mkfifo - Make Make FIFO special files
   4.43 mc - Move files
   4.45 cd - Dump files in various formats
   4.48 pax - Portable archive interchange
   4.51 pwd - Return working directory name
   4.53 rm - Remove directory entries
   4.55 sed - Stream editor
   4.56 sh - Shell, the standard command language
         interpreter
   4.62 test - Evaluate expression
   4.64 tr - Translate characters
   4.72 xargs - Construct argument list(s) and invoke
         utility
   4.73 iconv - Convert file codesets
Section 5: Revisions to User Portability Utilities Option
   5.2 at - Execute commands at a later time
   5.3 batch - Execute commands at a later time
   5.6 csplit - Split files based on context
   5.7 ctags - Create a tags file
   5.9 du - Estimate file usage
   5.10 ex - Text editor
   5.11 expand - Convert tabs to spaces
   5.14 file - Determine file type
   5.18 more - Display files on a page-by-page basis
   5.22 patch - Apply changes to files
   5.24 renice - Set system scheduling priorities of
         running processes
   5.32 unexpand - Convert spaces to tabs
   5.33 uudecode - Decode a binary file
   5.34 uuencode - Encode a binary file
   5.35 vi - Screen-oriented (visual) display editor
   5.37 write - Write to another user
Section 6: Revisions to Software Development Utilities
           Option
   6.1 ar - Create and maintain library archives
   6.2 make - Maintain, update, and regenerate groups
         of programs
Section 7: Revisions to Language-Independent System Services
Annex A (normative) Revisions to C Language Development
Utilities Option
A.1 c89 - Compile Standard C programs
A.3 yacc - Yet another compiler compiler
Annex B (informative) Revisions to C Language Bindings
Option
Annex C (normative) Revisions to FORTRAN Development
and Runtime Utilities Option
Annex D (informative) Revisions to Bibliography
Annex E (informative) Revisions to Rationale and Notes
E.4.48 pax - Portable archive interchange
E.5.10 ex - Text editor
E.5.18 more - Display files on a page-by-page basis
E.5.35 vi - Screen-oriented (visual) display editor
Annex F (informative) Revisions to Portability Considerations
Annex G (informative) Revisions to Sample National Profile
Annex H (informative) Balloting Instructions
Alphabetic Topical Index
Figures
4-1 pax Format Archive Example
Tables
2-100 Pathname Variable Values
4-100 ustar Header Block
4-101 ustar mode Field
4-102 Octet-Oriented cpio Archive Entry
4-103 cpio c_mode File Modes
4-104 cpio c_mode File Types
5-100 uuencode Base64 Values
E-100 Historical Practice for Symbolic Links

Objective is that a conforming portable application source program can be translated to execute on a conforming implementation. Standard assumes that the source program may need to be retranslated to produce target code for a new environment prior to execution in that environment.