Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!granite.pa.dec.com!mellon From: mellon@nigiri.pa.dec.com (Ted Lemon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Problems with Dec Station Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 19:15:19 GMT References: <15028@ector.cs.purdue.edu> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Distribution: usa Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 10 In-Reply-To: wangjw@cs.purdue.EDU's message of 16 Jun 91 07:05:19 GMT I'm not sure what the "bintype" command does under SunOS (it wasn't there last time I used SunOS), but under Ultrix version 3.1 and higher, /bin/machine will print out the machine type, and on 4.0 and higher, the uname command will print the machine type, the operating system name and version, and a few other goodies. I suspect that uname may also work on SunOS these days, since it's supposed to be SVR4-compatible. _MelloN_