Extensions to POSIX.1

The Interix subsystem and libraries provide features beyond strict POSIX.1 conformance. These features include memory-mapped files, System V interprocess communication (IPC) mechanisms, the curses library, and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)-style TCP/IP sockets.

This section covers:

• Include files
• Memory-mapped files
• System V IPC mechanisms
• Sockets
• BSD string and memory functions
• Curses and terminal routines on the Interix SDK
• Pseudo terminals
• Controlling terminals