Re: [9front] Equivalent of Unix uname

["B. Atticus Grobe" <grobe0ba@tcp80.org>]

On 3/9/24 11:31, rockyhotas@firemail.cc wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm trying to move the first steps into Plan9.
> It is not Unix, the user is often warned about this. However, some tools
> are available in both systems with almost the same usage, like uptime(1)
> for example. Is there anything equivalent to `uname'? I couldn't find
> such a tool nor in
> 
>   <https://fqa.9front.org/fqa8.html>
> 
> neither in
> 
>   <https://wiki.9front.org/unix2plan9>
> 
> If there is not a perfect equivalent tool, is it anyway possible to list
> some basic information about the current system? For example the OS name,
> the kernel version, the architecture, the hostname.
> 
> Bye!
> 
> Rocky

kernels aren't versioned. the os name isn't reported; you're expected to 
know you're on a plan 9 system. `echo $sysname' will tell you the system 
name. `echo $cputype' will tell you the arch.

9 doesn't need a uname command. $sysname matters depending on context, 
but $cputype really doesn't; the 9 compilers are natively cross-arch.