Re: [9front] Equivalent of Unix uname

[Lucas Francesco <lucas.francesco93@gmail.com>]

fwiw if you do need for sh shell scripts, ape/psh does mount an `uname
` command into your PATH, AFAIK there's no need for a uname command
elsewhere since we dont have a (updated) ssh server for you to connect
remotely and maybe get confused on where are you running things, and
even if we had, you can notice it due to lacking tty
emulation/interaction

On Sat, 9 Mar 2024 at 14:45, B. Atticus Grobe <grobe0ba@tcp80.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>