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329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"	@(#)uname.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/8/94
339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
34681e5e7aSSteve Price.Dd April 8, 1994
359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt UNAME 1
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm uname
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd display information about the system
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm uname
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl amnrsv
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
449b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm uname
469b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand writes the name of the operating system implementation to
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimesstandard output.
489b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWhen options are specified, strings representing one or more system
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimescharacteristics are written to standard output.
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
519b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe options are as follows:
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width Ds
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl a
549b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBehave as though the options
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl m ,
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl n ,
579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl r ,
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl s ,
599b50d902SRodney W. Grimesand
609b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl v
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswere specified.
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl m
639b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the type of the current hardware platform to standard output.
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl n
659b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the name of the system to standard output.
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl r
679b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the current release level of the operating system
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto standard output.
699b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl s
709b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the name of the operating system implementation to standard output.
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl v
729b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the version level of this release of the operating system
739b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto standard output.
749b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
759b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
769b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the
779b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl a
789b50d902SRodney W. Grimesflag is specified, or multiple flags are specified, all
799b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoutput is written on a single line, separated by spaces.
809b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
819b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm uname
839b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr sysctl 3 ,
86da1ff3cbSWolfram Schneider.Xr uname 3 ,
87da1ff3cbSWolfram Schneider.Xr sysctl 8
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
899b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
909b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm uname
91c0b0bcf4SMike Pritchardcommand appeared in
92c0b0bcf4SMike Pritchard.Bx 4.4 .
939b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
949b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
959b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm uname
969b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand is expected to conform to the
979b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.St -p1003.2
989b50d902SRodney W. Grimesspecification.
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