Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote:
> > Why do you believe that /usr/bin/uname is not POSIX compliant?
>
> Let me re-phrase that statement: "... a cheap way to get a version of
> 'uname' into that directory which does not have Solaris-specific
> extensions (e.g. allows the creation of portable scripts without the
> risk of falling into the 'OS-specific-extension'-trap again)". Better ?
> :-)
But you then still ignore the fact that /usr/bin/uname is POSIX compliant on
Solaris.
Peopel who like to write portable scripts need to either avoid the extensions
at all by lookking at the standard and then only using what's in there or to
limit the use of other options to the right OS only.
J?rg
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