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From: rowe@cme.nist.gov (Walter Rowe)
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Subject: Re: what kind of machine am I
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Date: 16 May 91 15:07:36 GMT
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In-reply-to: daniel@world.std.com's message of 16 May 91 05:31:28 GMT

The ``Configure'' script distributed with PERL has some really crafty
mechanisms for determining what type of machine you are on.  It uses a
combination of unique files and/or the program /bin/uname which some
system support (I know SunOS does).

wpr
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Walter Rowe             rowe@cme.nist.gov           ...!uunet!cme-durer!rowe
National Institute of Standards and Technology / U.S. Department of Commerce