MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

uname(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities uname(1)

NAME

uname — display system name information

SYNOPSIS

uname [–amnrsv]

DESCRIPTION

The uname command lets shell scripts and other programs determine conﬁguration informa-

tion about the machine upon which the shell is running.

Options

uname accepts the following options:

–a displays all ﬁelds (equivalent to –mnrsv).

–m displays the

CPU or machine type.

–n displays the node name of this particular machine. The node name usually differenti-

ates machines running at one location.

–r displays the release (minor version) number of the operating system.

–s displays the name of the operating system. This is the default output, when no op-

tions are given.

–v displays the version (major version) number of the operating system.

uname displays the selected information in the following order:

EXAMPLES

This shell command changes the prompt to identify the computer location.

export PS1="`uname -n`$ "

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 Successful completion.

1 Failure due to an inability to ﬁnd the desired information.

2 Failure due to an invalid command line option.

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