{"title":"The UNIX time-sharing system","authors":"D. Ritchie, K. Thompson","doi":"10.1145/361011.361061","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"UNIX∗ is a general-purpose, multi-user, interactive operating system for the larger Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11 and the Interdata 8/32 computers. It offers a number of features seldom found even in larger operating systems, including (i) A hierarchical file system incorporating demountable volumes, (ii) Compatible file, device, and inter-process I/O, (iii) The ability to initiate asynchronous processes, (iv) System command language selectable on a per-user basis, (v) Over 100 subsystems including a dozen languages, (vi) High degree of portability. This paper discusses the nature and implementation of the file system and of the user command interface.","PeriodicalId":447574,"journal":{"name":"The Bell System Technical Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1974-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1453","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Bell System Technical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/361011.361061","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
UNIX∗ is a general-purpose, multi-user, interactive operating system for the larger Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11 and the Interdata 8/32 computers. It offers a number of features seldom found even in larger operating systems, including (i) A hierarchical file system incorporating demountable volumes, (ii) Compatible file, device, and inter-process I/O, (iii) The ability to initiate asynchronous processes, (iv) System command language selectable on a per-user basis, (v) Over 100 subsystems including a dozen languages, (vi) High degree of portability. This paper discusses the nature and implementation of the file system and of the user command interface.