From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 01:36:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54C52106567B for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E16408FC18 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KzLhk-0004wX-Ep; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:36 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id mAA1aZkM025158; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:36 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 950F6FCA4B0; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:30 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:30 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Rada alive Message-ID: <20081110013630.GA54883@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Rada alive , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <20081105022105.GA32302@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <475579.68438.qm@web56808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20081105063134.GA34055@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:36 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: noob question X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:42 -0000 On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 12:36:31PM +0100, Rada alive wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Frank Shute wrote: > > > 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, > > > > What about just using uname -a? uname -a produces output that is > 80 chars wide & a lot of it is irrelevant if a noob is most likely running GENERIC. Just my preference though. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html