kedar writes:
> One of the issues I am seeing is currently, I make sure
> that SMF is available by seeing that the OS is Solaris 10.
> (In Java, we do System.getProperty("os.name")).
Ick.
> This is rather fragile, because the "minimum" platform required
> is Solaris 10. But this technique fails for OpenSolaris and Solaris
> Express. Sure, I can code it that way, but I'd like to see
> if SMF support is available as a more direct interface.
>
> What should I be using?
I'd use:
if [ -x /usr/sbin/svcadm ]; then
# SMF is present
else
# SMF is not present
fi
In other words, test for the feature you actually want, rather than
some unrelated artifact of the system, such as the kernel's version
number.
(Not sure what the Java equivalent would be, but there ought to be
one.)
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