[indiana-discuss] uname output reference

[Andrew Gabriel]

Dennis Clarke wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Praveen Kumar <praveen at sun.com> wrote:
>> Dennis Clarke wrote:
>>
>>> $ uname -X
>>> System = SunOS
>>> Node = aequitas
>>> Release = 5.11
>>> KernelID = snv_91
>> Is there a -X switch to uname?
> 
> oops ... not if we are standards compliance nazi's :
> 
>     http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/uname.html
> 
> sorry .. just use the options that you can depend on.


It was introduced for SCO compatibility at some point.

-- 
Andrew