Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suppose arch should not be used in new scripts, but that's just > a gut feeling. If so, documentation should make it clear.
I agree that the documentation should advise people to use uname and to avoid arch. 'uname' is standardized, but 'arch' is not. The Sun documentation already advises people not to use 'arch'. One other thing. This implementation of 'arch' is incompatible with Solaris. Solaris 'arch' uses the following algorithm: If "uname -p" outputs "sun4", output "sun4"; otherwise output whatever "uname -m" returns. Also, Solaris 'arch' accepts a "-k" option that causes "arch" to behave just like "uname -m". Also, Solaris 'arch' accepts an optional operand that causes it to silently exit with status 0 if "arch" would have printed that operand, 1 otherwise. I assume all this stuff is for historical reasons. (But that's the only reason we're adding 'arch', right? :-) _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
