uname
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In computer software, uname (stands for Unix Name) is a program in Unix operating systems that prints the name, version and other details about the current machine and the operating system running on it. It is useful for building software from source, when certain parameters depend on the host operating system. The uname system call and command appeared for the first time in PWB/UNIX.
Some Unix variants, such as AT&T UNIX System V Release 3.0 include the related setname program, used to change the values that uname reports.
The GNU version of uname is included in the "sh-utils" or "coreutils" packages. uname itself is not available as a standalone program.
The ver command found in operating systems such as DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows is similar to the uname command.
[edit] Examples
On a system running Darwin the output from running uname with the -a option might look like the text below:
Darwin hostname 9.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.0: Tue Feb 5 16:13:22 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.3.13~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
The following table contains examples from various versions of uname on various platforms. These are merely meant to broadly represent common systems; actual output may vary depending on hardware type, OS version, and which software patches have been installed.
| Operating System | -s OS or Kernel Name |
-o OS Name |
-m Machine |
-p Processor |
-i or -M Hardware Platform |
-v OS or Kernel Version |
-r OS or Kernel Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cygwin (Windows XP), Pentium 4 | CYGWIN_NT-5.1 | Cygwin | i686 | unknown | unknown | 2006-01-20 13:28 | 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) |
| MinGW/MSYS (Windows XP), AMD XP | MINGW32_NT-5.1 | illegal option | i686 | unknown | illegal option | 2004-03-15 07:17 | 1.0.10(0.46/3/2) |
| FreeBSD 6.1, Intel | FreeBSD | illegal option | i386 | i386 | [filename of kernel conf file] | FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p15 #1: Sun Apr 15 18:04:51 EDT 2007 | 6.1-RELEASE-p15 |
| AIX, IBM System P 570 | AIX | illegal option | 000931784C00 | powerpc | IBM,9117-MMA | 5 | 1 |
| Cray UNICOS 9.0.2.2 | sn5176 | illegal option | CRAY Y-MP | illegal option | illegal option | sin.0 | 9.0.2.2 |
| HP-UX 11i v1, HP D320 | HP-UX | illegal option | 9000/803 | illegal option | 2008500218 | U | B.11.11 |
| IRIX 6.5.30, Octane2 | IRIX64 | illegal option | IP30 | mips | illegal option | 07202013 | 6.5 |
| Solaris 9, Sun Fire 280R | SunOS | illegal option | sun4u | sparc | SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R | Generic_112233-08 | 5.9 |
| Debian Ubuntu Linux, Intel Dual CPU E2160 | Linux | GNU/Linux | i686 | unknown | unknown | #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 | 2.6.22-14-generic |
| Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core 6, AMD Turion64 mobile | Linux | GNU/Linux | i686 | athlon | i386 | #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 19:28:18 EST 2007 | 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 |
| openSUSE 10.3, Core2-duo 64-bit | Linux | GNU/Linux | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | #1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC | 2.6.22.5-31-default |
| Mac OS X 10.4.11, Intel Core 2 Duo | Darwin | illegal option | i386 | i386 | illegal option | Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386 | 8.11.1 |
| Mac OS X 10.5.1, Intel Core 2 Duo | Darwin | illegal option | i386 | i386 | illegal option | Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386 | 9.1.0 |
| Mac OS X 10.5.2, PowerPC | Darwin | illegal option | Power Macintosh | powerpc | illegal option | Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.0: Tue Feb 5 16:15:19 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.3.13~1/RELEASE_PPC | 9.2.0 |
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