On 01/29/2011 03:25 PM, Karan Dhindsa wrote: > When I type the command: >> uname --version > > it says "illegal option -- version".
Check your $PATH. I expect you're running the Solaris 'uname', not coreutils 'uname'. On my Solaris 10 host: $ /usr/bin/uname --version /usr/bin/uname: illegal option -- version usage: uname [-snrvmapiX] uname [-S system_name] $ /opt/sfw/bin/uname --version uname (GNU coreutils) 5.93 Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David MacKenzie.