On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Rick Stevens wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 17:50 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: > > > How about uname? `uname -a` gives all of it. See `man uname` for subsets > > > and the ordering of the "-a" output. If you need more than just x86, I > > > think any solution will be a bit involved. > > > > AFAIK, uname only tells you what you are running, not what you *could* > > run. I.e. you couldn't tell the diffrence between a 32 bit os on a 64 > > bit capable machine or a 32 bit only machine. > > If you get a result from > > cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep " lm " > > you're on a 64-bit processor regardless whether it's a 32- or 64-bit OS. > If you want to know if the OS is 64-bit, then a result from > > uname -a | grep 64 > > would indicate a 64-bit OS. um ... that looks dangerous, since it could find the string "64" *anywhere" in the output from "uname -a", including in the kernel version number or elsewhere, no? if it was 64-bit F7, what *exactly* should "uname -a" print to identify that? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ========================================================================
