Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!decwrl!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcso!hpldola!hp-lsd!kosbab From: kosbab@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Bruce J. Kosbab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: How can a script determine machine type & OS? Message-ID: <11360003@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM> Date: 15 Dec 89 15:44:46 GMT References: Organization: HP Logic Systems Division - ColoSpgs, CO Lines: 5 Use the "uname -a" command to get the information you need. It gives the OS version, type (Sys V or BSD), and machine type. Bruce Kosbab hp-lsd!kosbab