Annotation of src/usr.bin/uname/uname.1, Revision 1.17
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1.17 ! ajacouto 32: .Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2010 $
1.1 deraadt 33: .Dt UNAME 1
34: .Os
35: .Sh NAME
36: .Nm uname
1.4 aaron 37: .Nd print operating system name
1.1 deraadt 38: .Sh SYNOPSIS
39: .Nm uname
1.11 jmc 40: .Op Fl amnprsv
1.1 deraadt 41: .Sh DESCRIPTION
42: The
43: .Nm uname
44: utility writes symbols representing one or more system characteristics
45: to the standard output.
46: .Pp
1.6 aaron 47: The options are as follows:
1.9 aaron 48: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.5 aaron 49: .It Fl a
1.1 deraadt 50: Behave as though all of the options
1.5 aaron 51: .Fl mnrsv
1.1 deraadt 52: were specified.
53: .It Fl m
1.4 aaron 54: Print the machine hardware name.
1.1 deraadt 55: .It Fl n
1.4 aaron 56: Print the nodename (the nodename may be a name
1.1 deraadt 57: that the system is known by to a communications
58: network).
1.3 deraadt 59: .It Fl p
1.17 ! ajacouto 60: Print the machine processor architecture name.
1.11 jmc 61: .It Fl r
62: Print the operating system release.
1.1 deraadt 63: .It Fl s
1.4 aaron 64: Print the operating system name.
1.1 deraadt 65: .It Fl v
1.4 aaron 66: Print the operating system version.
1.1 deraadt 67: .El
68: .Pp
1.5 aaron 69: If no options are specified,
1.1 deraadt 70: .Nm uname
71: prints the operating system name as if the
72: .Fl s
73: option had been specified.
1.16 jmc 74: .Sh EXIT STATUS
1.15 jmc 75: .Ex -std uname
1.1 deraadt 76: .Sh SEE ALSO
77: .Xr hostname 1 ,
78: .Xr machine 1 ,
79: .Xr uname 3
80: .Sh STANDARDS
81: The
1.12 jmc 82: .Nm
83: utility is compliant with the
1.14 jmc 84: .St -p1003.1-2008
1.12 jmc 85: specification.
86: .Pp
87: The flag
88: .Op Fl p
89: is an extension to that specification.
1.7 aaron 90: .Sh HISTORY
91: The
92: .Nm
93: command appeared in
94: .Bx 4.4 .