I could be wrong, but I think the traditional way to do that is using the 'uname' command. On Linux, calling 'uname' alone will return 'Linux'; on some Irix systems I have access too, it looks like 'IRIX64'; on the AIX system, I get "AIX"; HP-UX says "HP-UX"; etc. If the output is not clear enough, I usually try the "-a" parameter. If that doesn't help, post again, and we can probably help.
Lloyd Brown Michael Moore wrote: > Hi, > > At work I test this product on a bunch of types of servers. Many of > them are running Unix or Linux of some sort. I have ssh access to all > of them, and root on many of them. However, it's not always clear what > type of Unix they're running. > > How would I go about finding out what kind of Unix is on a box? > > Thanks, > -- > Michael Moore > ------------------------------- > www.stuporglue.org -- Donate your used computer to a student that needs it. > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
