* more definitive OSTYPE ...
@ 1997-10-17 13:01 Hank Hughes
1997-10-17 15:00 ` Geoff Wing
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From: Hank Hughes @ 1997-10-17 13:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
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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1997-10-17 13:01 more definitive OSTYPE Hank Hughes
@ 1997-10-17 15:00 ` Geoff Wing
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From: Geoff Wing @ 1997-10-17 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
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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