Paul Eggert wrote: > Thomas Templin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > $ uname -v > > #1 Mon Oct 10 13:47:52 BST 2005 > > ---8<--- > > I would say that above is the biuld/release date > > That might be true for Linux but it is not true for other operating > systems. Coreutils attempts to be portable, and the uname > documentation uses the more generic wording. For example, on Solaris 10: > > $ uname -v > Generic_118822-18
And on an HP-UX machine: $ uname -v U And on an IBM AIX machine: $ uname -v 4 In general 'uname' is a terrible command. :-/ Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
