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From: jg@max.crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Determining machine architecture and ULTRIX version
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Date: 24 Oct 89 14:22:39 GMT
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/bin/machine will do what you want; it returns either "vax" or "mips".

Note that VAX Ultrix 3.0 lacks the command; 3.1 added it.

As to what Ultrix version is running, that is a different question.

		- Jim Gettys