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Date:      Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:02:53 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r203042 - head/usr.bin/uname
Message-ID:  <201001262002.o0QK2rau089428@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: emaste
Date: Tue Jan 26 20:02:53 2010
New Revision: 203042
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/203042

Log:
  Allow -o as a synonym for -s, for compatibility with other systems.
  
  Using -s is preferred, but some existing scripts and makefiles expect
  to get the system name from uname -o.
  
  Reviewed by:	imp

Modified:
  head/usr.bin/uname/uname.1
  head/usr.bin/uname/uname.c

Modified: head/usr.bin/uname/uname.1
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/uname/uname.1	Tue Jan 26 19:49:03 2010	(r203041)
+++ head/usr.bin/uname/uname.1	Tue Jan 26 20:02:53 2010	(r203042)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)uname.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/8/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 2, 2003
+.Dd January 26, 2010
 .Dt UNAME 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Write the kernel ident to standard outpu
 Write the type of the current hardware platform to standard output.
 .It Fl n
 Write the name of the system to standard output.
+.It Fl o
+This is a synonym for the
+.Fl s
+option, for compatibility with other systems.
 .It Fl p
 Write the type of the machine processor architecture to standard output.
 .It Fl r

Modified: head/usr.bin/uname/uname.c
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/uname/uname.c	Tue Jan 26 19:49:03 2010	(r203041)
+++ head/usr.bin/uname/uname.c	Tue Jan 26 20:02:53 2010	(r203042)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	setup_get();
 	flags = 0;
 
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "aimnprsv")) != -1)
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "aimnoprsv")) != -1)
 		switch(ch) {
 		case 'a':
 			flags |= (MFLAG | NFLAG | RFLAG | SFLAG | VFLAG);
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			flags |= RFLAG;
 			break;
 		case 's':
+		case 'o':
 			flags |= SFLAG;
 			break;
 		case 'v':



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