Open Environment Core (P.I.P.S.)

P.I.P.S. I s P OSIX on S ymbian Platform (P.I.P.S.). It provides an API layer, above the Symbian platform native APIs, that is more closely aligned with industry standard APIs making Symbian software development more accessible to Symbian Developers who program using the C language.

Copyright Acknowledgments for P.I.P.S. Libraries
P.I.P.S. Overview
Getting Started
P.I.P.S. Concepts
P.I.P.S. Porting Tutorials
Limitations
Troubleshooting Tips
This section addresses the basic differences in the way things are done in Symbian Platform and in Linux.
Migrating from C Standard Library (ESTLIB) to P.I.P.S.
If you are using ESTLIB, it is recommended that you migrate to P.I.P.S. available from Symbian^1, as P.I.P.S. is much more POSIX compliant and feature-rich.
P.I.P.S. Examples