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From: bobf@BLUMIRIS.CHEM.UMR.EDU ("Robert B. Funchess")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Configure scripts
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Date: 13 Jun 90 23:51:10 GMT
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I am trying to modify a configure script so that a Silicon Graphics IRIS can
be added.  Is there an easy way for a shell script to determine that I am in
fact running Irix?  I'm thinking of something like /bin/uname that gives the
NAME of the operating system instead of the version number.
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Bob Funchess					bobf@blumiris.chem.umr.edu
Chemistry Dept.					University of Missouri - Rolla