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UNAME(1)							      UNAME(1)

NAME
       uname - print name of current system

SYNOPSIS
       uname [-aimnprsvX]

       uname [-S system_name]

DESCRIPTION
       The  uname  utility  prints information about the current system on the
       standard output. When options are specified, symbols  representing  one
       or  more system characteristics will be written to the standard output.
       If no options are specified, uname prints the  current  operating  sys‐
       tem's   name.  The  options  print  selected  information  returned  by
       uname(2), sysinfo(2), or both.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -a
			 Prints basic information currently available from the
			 system.

       -i
			 Prints the name of the platform.

       -m
			 Prints the machine hardware name (class). Use of this
			 option is discouraged.	 Use  uname  -p	 instead.  See
			 NOTES section below.

       -n
			 Prints	 the  nodename	(the  nodename	is the name by
			 which the system is known to  a  communications  net‐
			 work).

       -p
			 Prints the current host's ISA or processor type.

       -r
			 Prints the operating system release level.

       -s
			 Prints	 the name of the operating system. This is the
			 default.

       -S system_name
			 The nodename may be changed by	 specifying  a	system
			 name argument. The system name argument is restricted
			 to SYS_NMLN characters. SYS_NMLN is an implementation
			 specific  value  defined in <sys/utsname.h>. Only the
			 super-user is allowed this  capability.  This	change
			 does  not  persist  across reboots of the system. Use
			 sys-unconfig(1M) to change a host's name permanently.

       -v
			 Prints the operating system version.

       -X
			 Prints expanded system information,  one  information
			 element  per  line, as expected by SCO UNIX. The dis‐
			 played information includes:

			     o	    system  name,  node,   release,   version,
				    machine, and number of CPUs.

			     o	    BusType,   Serial,	 and   Users  (set  to
				    "unknown" in Solaris)

			     o	    OEM# and Origin# (set to 0 and 1,  respec‐
				    tively)

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Printing the OS name and release level

       The following command:

	 example% uname −sr

       prints  the  operating  system name and release level, separated by one
       SPACE character.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment  variables
       that  affect  the  execution  of uname: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES‐
       SAGES, and NLSPATH.

       SYSV3
		 This variable is used to override  the	 default  behavior  of
		 uname.	 This is necessary to make it possible for some INTER‐
		 ACTIVE UNIX Systems and SCO UNIX programs and scripts to work
		 properly.  Many scripts use uname to determine the SYSV3 type
		 or the version of the OS to  ensure  software	is  compatible
		 with  that  OS.  Setting  SYSV3  to an empty string will make
		 uname print the following default values:

		   nodename nodename 3.2 2 i386

		 The individual elements that uname displays can also be modi‐
		 fied by setting SYSV3 in the following format:

		   os,sysname,node,rel,ver,mach

		 os
			     Operating system (IUS or SCO).

		 sysname
			     System name.

		 node
			     Nodename as displayed by the -n option.

		 rel
			     Release level as displayed by the -r option.

		 ver
			     Version number as displayed by the -v option.

		 mach
			     Machine name as displayed by -m option.

		 Do  not  put  spaces  between the elements.  If an element is
		 omitted, the current system value will be used.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0
	      Successful completion.

       >0
	      An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
       │  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
       ├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability │ Standard	      │
       └────────────────────┴─────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       arch(1),	 isalist(1),  sys-unconfig(1M),	 sysinfo(2),  uname(2),	 node‐
       name(4), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)

NOTES
       Independent  software  vendors  (ISVs) and others who need to determine
       detailed characteristics of the platform on  which  their  software  is
       either being installed or executed should use the uname command.

       To  determine  the  operating  system name and release level, use uname
       -sr. To determine only the operating system release  level,  use	 uname
       -r.  Notice  that operating system release levels are not guaranteed to
       be in x.y format (such as 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and so forth); future releases
       could  be  in  the  x.y.z  format  (such as 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.4.1, and so
       forth).

       In SunOS 4.x releases, the arch(1) command was  often  used  to	obtain
       information  similar  to	 that obtained by using the uname command. The
       arch(1) command output "sun4" was often incorrectly interpreted to sig‐
       nify a SunOS SPARC system. If hardware platform information is desired,
       use uname -sp.

       The arch -k and uname -m commands return	 equivalent  values;  however,
       the use of either of these commands by third party programs is discour‐
       aged, as is the use of the arch command in general.  To	determine  the
       machine's  Instruction  Set  Architecture  (ISA or processor type), use
       uname with the -p option.

				 Sep 17, 2003			      UNAME(1)
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