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329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"	@(#)uname.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/8/94
33c3aac50fSPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$
349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
35c4119c76SJuli Mallett.Dd April 02, 2003
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt UNAME 1
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm uname
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd display information about the system
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
42c7c16bebSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
43c4119c76SJuli Mallett.Op Fl aimnprsv
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
459b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
46c7c16bebSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand writes the name of the operating system implementation to
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimesstandard output.
499b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWhen options are specified, strings representing one or more system
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimescharacteristics are written to standard output.
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
529b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe options are as follows:
5362eaa6eeSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width indent
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl a
559b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBehave as though the options
5662eaa6eeSRuslan Ermilov.Fl m , n , r , s ,
579b50d902SRodney W. Grimesand
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl v
599b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswere specified.
60c4119c76SJuli Mallett.It Fl i
61c4119c76SJuli MallettWrite the kernel ident to standard output.
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.
667db98de9SSteve Price.It Fl p
671c6d3890SYoshihiro TakahashiWrite the type of the machine processor architecture to standard output.
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl r
699b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the current release level of the operating system
709b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto standard output.
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl s
729b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the name of the operating system implementation to standard output.
739b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl v
749b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the version level of this release of the operating system
759b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto standard output.
769b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
779b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
789b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the
799b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl a
809b50d902SRodney W. Grimesflag is specified, or multiple flags are specified, all
819b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoutput is written on a single line, separated by spaces.
82d628d776SRuslan Ermilov.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
83d628d776SRuslan Ermilov.Ex -std
84bed4636eSJuli Mallett.Sh ENVIRONMENT
85bed4636eSJuli MallettAn environment variable composed of the string
86bed4636eSJuli Mallett.Ev UNAME_
87bed4636eSJuli Mallettfollowed by any flag to the
88bed4636eSJuli Mallett.Nm
89bed4636eSJuli Mallettutility (except for
90bed4636eSJuli Mallett.Fl a )
91bed4636eSJuli Mallettwill allow the corresponding data to be set to the contents
92bed4636eSJuli Mallettof the environment variable.
939b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
949b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr sysctl 3 ,
95da1ff3cbSWolfram Schneider.Xr uname 3 ,
96da1ff3cbSWolfram Schneider.Xr sysctl 8
979b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
989b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
99c7c16bebSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
1006fc8ba94SJuli Mallettcommand appeared in PWB UNIX.
1019b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
1029b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
103c7c16bebSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
1049b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand is expected to conform to the
1059b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.St -p1003.2
1069b50d902SRodney W. Grimesspecification.
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