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vuname

VIEW-OS(1)						      General Commands Manual							VIEW-OS(1)

NAME

       vuname - print view information

SYNOPSIS

       vuname [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print certain view information.	With no OPTION, same as -s.

OPTIONS

       -a, --all
	   print all information, in the following order, except omit -p and -i if unknown.

       -s, --kernel-name
	   print the kernel name

       -n, --nodename
	   print the network node hostname

       -r, --kernel-release
	   print the kernel release

       -v, --kernel-version
	   print the kernel version

       -m, --machine
	   print the machine hardware name

       -p, --processor
	   print the processor type or "unknown"

       -i, --hardware-platform
	   print the hardware platform or "unknown"

       -o, --operating-system
	   print the operating system

       -U, --serverid
	   print the view-os server id

       -V, --viewid
	   print the view id

       -N, --viewname
	   print the view name

       -x, --nouname
	   do not use uname (without this flag the command behaves like uname		when it runs on a non View-OS enabled environment).

       -q, --quiet
	   quiet mode: error messages suppressed

       --help
	   display a help message and exit

       --version
	   output version information and exit

SEE ALSO

       umview(1),uname(1)

AUTHORS

       View-OS is a project of the Computer Science Department, University of Bologna. Project Leader: Renzo Davoli.
       <http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/view-os>

       Howto's and further information can be found on the project wiki <wiki.virtualsquare.org>.

VIEW-OS: a process with a view					   June 11, 2007							VIEW-OS(1)

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