more definitive OSTYPE ...

more definitive OSTYPE ...

[Hank Hughes]

	Am I doing something wrong? I notice OSTYPE is mostly correct,
	however, sometimes I get slight discrepancies like:

1009 % echo $OSTYPE
sunos4.1.3
[ thigpen@k2 (8:55AM) ~  ]
1010 % uname -a 
SunOS k2.ccs.neu.edu 4.1.4 1 sun4m unknown

	It seems that major types are used not revisions/updates/minor-types.

	I'd rather use and depend on builtins like OSTYPE (or something
	similar) rather than run something else.

	Concerned,   :-)
	-Hank


	
	
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Re: more definitive OSTYPE ...

[Geoff Wing]

Hank Hughes <thigpen@ccs.neu.edu> typed:
:	Am I doing something wrong? I notice OSTYPE is mostly correct,
:	however, sometimes I get slight discrepancies like:
:1009 % echo $OSTYPE
:sunos4.1.3
:[ thigpen@k2 (8:55AM) ~  ]
:1010 % uname -a 
:SunOS k2.ccs.neu.edu 4.1.4 1 sun4m unknown
:	It seems that major types are used not revisions/updates/minor-types.
:	I'd rather use and depend on builtins like OSTYPE (or something
:	similar) rather than run something else.

OSTYPE is defined at zsh compile time.  Running `uname' will normally 
query your OS.  They serve different purposes.
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