On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 12:36:31PM +0100, Rada alive wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Frank Shute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 06:30:32PM -0800, mdh wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > A couple of tips for the future: address your questions to > > > > questions@ rather than chat@ and preface your question with the > > > > output of: > > > > > > > > $ uname -rms > > > > > > The uname -rms command only works on the HURD operating system. It > > > returns the current running version of Richard Stallman on stdout. > > > For FreeBSD users, I suggest the alternate uname -smr command, which > > > returns their OSname, OSversion, and arch on stdout. > > > > > > > :) > > > > If RMS runs like the HURD, then he's probably suffering from some > > lengthy, terminal disease ;) > > > > FreeBSD should return the OS details for uname -beast > > > > Could be used in send-pr etc. and is easy to remember like -rms! > > > > > > Regards, > > > > What about just using uname -a?
uname -a produces output that is > 80 chars wide & a lot of it is irrelevant if a noob is most likely running GENERIC. Just my preference though. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"