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Re: coreutils, uname, german translation
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: coreutils, uname, german translation |
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Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:12:56 -0600 |
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Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thomas Templin <address@hidden> writes:
> > $ uname -v
> > #1 Mon Oct 10 13:47:52 BST 2005
> > ---8<---
> > I would say that above is the biuld/release date
>
> That might be true for Linux but it is not true for other operating
> systems. Coreutils attempts to be portable, and the uname
> documentation uses the more generic wording. For example, on Solaris 10:
>
> $ uname -v
> Generic_118822-18
And on an HP-UX machine:
$ uname -v
U
And on an IBM AIX machine:
$ uname -v
4
In general 'uname' is a terrible command. :-/
Bob