I started writing a website the other day, with a section for technical articles. You might find this one relevant: http://www.rutski89.com/dynamic/journal.html?name=proper_posix There's some real-world concepts mentioned there that you won't find in the POSIX spec. -Patrick 2009/8/14 Maurício CA <mauricio.antunes@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Also, see this page: >> >> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/help/codes.html >> >> They define subsets of Posix that affect library content, >> but I could not find macros I could check to see if one of >> such subsets is available or not. > > Just copying Patrick's answer to the list: > > %%% > > I think you're looking for this: > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/xbd_chap02.html > > Out of the dozens upon dozens of macros described there, I would > suggest first learning about exactly what _XOPEN_SOURCE and > _POSIX_C_SOURCE do; they're very important. > > Always here for more questions, > -Patrick > > %%% > >