Document Version
Software Compatibility
Supported System Software and Layered Products
Supported Layered Products That Are No Longer Provided
Unsupported Software
Standards Compliance
Unsupported Platforms and Devices
COFF Compatibility Development Environment Has Been Removed
Software Installation
Operational Restrictions
Implementation Changes in the V4.6.1 Release
Changes to Support ptx/LAE
Fibre Channel Changes
edb Debugger Changes
System Recovery Changes
New Features in the V4.6.0 Release
UNIX98 Specification
Shell Programs
Commands
Libraries
External Interfaces
Threads
System Booting
Disk Labels
Master ID and Node ID
New Physical Specifiers
Implementation Changes in the V4.6.0 Release
awk, nawk, and oawk
Disk Management
VTOCs
devbuild, devdestroy, and /etc/devtab
Application Region Manager
Tune Parameters with sysdef
sysdef Options
Parameters That Can Be Tuned with sysdef
Save Parameter Changes
Other Kernel Changes
kmstune Memory Pools
New Semantics for NPROC
New Region Parameter
Obsolete Parameters
Threads Support
Thread Synchronization Object Process-Shared Attribute Routines
Thread Concurrency Routines
Thread Stack Guard Size Routines
Realtime Threads Feature Group Routines
ptx/ADMIN
Changes to ptx/C and Programming Tools
ptx/C
debug Debugger
edb Debugger
Commands
New Commands
Changed Commands
System Calls and Libraries
New System Calls and Libraries
Changed System Calls and Libraries
New Features and Changes in the V4.5.x Release
Support for POSIX Threads
Application Region Manager
Compliance With ISO/IEC 9899 Amendment 1, C Integrity
Support for Perl
System Boot
Improved System Boot Time
Change to Verbose Output During Boot
Consoleless Reboot
Changes Affecting Users
Change to Default PATH Variable
Change to Korn Shell Syntax
Filesystem Changes
Additional Cylinder Group Information
Memory Filesystems
Fibre Channel Changes
Changes to the Fibre Channel Subsystem
Fibre Channel Diagnostics
New Switch Utility
Kernel Changes
Change to I_UNLINK and I_PUNLINK ioctls
Change to Virtual Memory Parameters
Change to eXtended Kernel Virtual Address Space (XKVA)
Dynamic Allocation of Kernel Structures
Changes to kmstune
Obsolete Parameters
Parameters With New Default Values
New Tunable Parameters
New Core File Format
Changes to ptx/ADMIN
Region Management Menu
User Management Menu
Changes to ptx/C and Programming Tools
New cc Options
New Macros
Changes to Programming Utilities
Support for ISO/IEC 9899:1990/Amendment 1
New Assembler Instructions
Debugger Support
Changes in edb V3.3.5
Commands
New Commands
Changes to Commands
System Calls and Library Routines
New System Calls and Library Routines
Changes to System Calls and Library Routines
DYNIX/ptx Documentation
Problems Fixed in the V4.6.1 Release
Base Operating System
ptx/C and Programming Tools
edb Debugger
Problems Fixed in the V4.6.0 Release
Base Operating System
ptx/C and Programming Tools
edb Debugger
Installation Problem Reports
Utilities Problem Reports
ptx/ADMIN Problem Reports
Kernel Problem Reports
I/O Device Problem Reports
Library Routine Problem Reports
C Compiler and Programming Tools Problem Reports
debug Problem Reports
edb Problem Reports
Shell Programs
Shell Issues in V4.6
Convert Korn Shell Scripts
/bin/ksh Problems
Function Definition
Quotation Marks
Changes to Commands
Use of typeset -s
SIGCLD Behavior
Scoping Difference
The convert_kscript Utility
New Features and Changes in the Korn Shell
Invocation
Associative Arrays
Name References
Discipline Functions
Arithmetic
Preset Aliases
Commands
Parameters
New Parameter Expansions
New Shell Variables
Changes to Shell Variables
Obsolete Shell Variable
Quoting
Functions
Pattern Matching
vi Edit Changes
Conditional Expressions
New Compound Commands
Path Searches
Return Values for Commands
Traps
Built-In Commands
New Commands
Changes to Commands