Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 06:31:34 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: noob question Message-ID: <20081105063134.GA34055@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <475579.68438.qm@web56808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <20081105022105.GA32302@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <475579.68438.qm@web56808.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 06:30:32PM -0800, mdh wrote: > > > > > A couple of tips for the future: address your questions to > > questions@ rather than chat@ and preface your question with the > > output of: > > > > $ uname -rms > > The uname -rms command only works on the HURD operating system. It > returns the current running version of Richard Stallman on stdout. > For FreeBSD users, I suggest the alternate uname -smr command, which > returns their OSname, OSversion, and arch on stdout. > :) If RMS runs like the HURD, then he's probably suffering from some lengthy, terminal disease ;) FreeBSD should return the OS details for uname -beast Could be used in send-pr etc. and is easy to remember like -rms! Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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