Hi
> What is tell ? What OS you have installed OR what CPU is there ?
> I mean, on amd64, you can install 32 bit iso. What it tell exaclty.
> Please use
> alias 32or64="getconf LONG_BIT"
> in bashrc as this command is difficult to remember.
> After doing this, you can just type 32or64 to get version info
>
Its just telling the number of bits in a long data type :)
its a rough indicator of OS ofc.
This post is a better indicator of how to find kernel/processor type:-
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-how-to-find-if-processor-is-64-bit-or-not/
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