UNIX System Services
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UNIX System Services is the POSIX-compliant UNIX environment within IBM mainframe operating systems that provides a UNIX-like interface and tools alongside traditional mainframe capabilities.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM mainframe component
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POSIX-compliant subsystem ⓘ UNIX environment ⓘ operating system subsystem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
USS
NERFINISHED
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z/OS UNIX System Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| documentation | IBM z/OS UNIX System Services documentation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
BPX batch and started tasks
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HFS file system support ⓘ NFS client support ⓘ NFS server support (in some releases) ⓘ OMVS shell ⓘ UNIX domain sockets NERFINISHED ⓘ zFS file system support ⓘ |
| fileSystemRoot | / (z/OS UNIX root file system) ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
MVS services
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z/OS Communications Server NERFINISHED ⓘ z/OS Workload Manager NERFINISHED ⓘ z/OS batch environment ⓘ z/OS data sets ⓘ z/OS security (RACF and equivalents) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedIn | OS/390 era ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
OS/390
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z/OS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
IBM Z
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IBM mainframe ⓘ |
| provides |
POSIX APIs
NERFINISHED
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TCP/IP sockets interface ⓘ UNIX utilities ⓘ UNIX-like interface ⓘ hierarchical file system ⓘ job control ⓘ pipes and FIFOs ⓘ process model with fork and exec ⓘ shell environment ⓘ signals ⓘ z/OS UNIX file system services ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enable POSIX application portability to z/OS
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to integrate UNIX tools with traditional mainframe workloads ⓘ to provide a UNIX-like environment on IBM mainframes ⓘ |
| runsOn | z/Architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityModel | RACF user IDs mapped to UNIX UIDs and GIDs ⓘ |
| standardCompliance |
POSIX
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Single UNIX Specification (when appropriately configured) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
C language POSIX APIs
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C++ applications ⓘ Java applications on z/OS ⓘ porting of open source software ⓘ shell scripts ⓘ |
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