07-30-2009
Thanks for the advice.
the uname -a looks like this SMP54001 SMP54001 4.0 2 PENTIUM P5/EISA
Thanks
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there
In my organisation we have a solaris network with /home being automounted from /export/home on a central file server (usual stuff) however, the guy who originally set this up only allocated 3gb to /export/home and now we are really struggling for space. I have a new 18gb disk installed... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: hcclnoodles
3 Replies
2. Filesystems, Disks and Memory
Hi, Im trying to take a database backup. one of the files is 26 GB. I am using cp -pr to create a backup copy of the database. after the copying is complete, if i do du -hrs on the folders i saw a difference of 2GB.
The weird fact is that the BACKUP folder was 2 GB more than the original one!
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: 0ktalmagik
1 Replies
3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
My main problem is trying to reset the password on an ancient (but still live) server. I have booted from floppy into maintenance mode, but it won't allow me to mount /. I'm using mount -F vxfs /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 /mnt and I get an error message along the lines of "operation not applicable... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sweetleaf
2 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a large file, around 570 gb that I want to copy to tape. However, my tape drive will load only up to 500 gb. I don't have enough space on disk to compress it before copying to tape. Can I compress and tar to tape in one command without writing a compressed disk file?
Any suggestions... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: iancrozier
8 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a process which duplicates files for different environments. As the files arrive, my script (korn shell) makes copies of them (giving a unique name) and then renames the original file so that my process won't get triggered again.
I don't like it either, but it's what we were told to... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: GoldenEye4ever
4 Replies
6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a large file that I append entries to the end of every few seconds. Its grown to >150MB. Its basically a log file but a perl script is writing to it. I need to make a copy of it to a new directory. I realize the latest entries occuring while the copy is taking place will not be recorded... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: lforum
1 Replies
7. Hardware
I have an old Unisys U6000/65 server I obtained as surplus about 12 years ago. For its day (1993) this server line was capable of insane ability, up to 4 gig of memory using dozens of 30-pin SIMMs and up to six processors, including mixed processor speeds and types (486/Pentium) in the same... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: DMahalko
2 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, I need to copy a 700GB tape-image file over a network. I want to start the copy process before the tape-image has finished being restored from the tape. The tape restore speed is about 78 Mbps and the file transfer speed over the network is about 45 Mbps I don't want to use a pipe, since... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: swamik
7 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a big file which looks like this:
abc 34.32
cdf 343.45
computer 1.34
ladder 2.3422
I have some 100000 .TXT files which look like this:
computer
cdf
align
I have to open each of the text files and read the words from the text files. Then I have to look into that... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shoaibjameel123
2 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I want some directions for a command inside a shell script which would copy files from some path on my windows os (say my documents) to the path where my shell script is saved and I want it to exit the sftp session and continue executing the remaining lines in my shell script after... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vishwa308
2 Replies
UNAME(1) General Commands Manual UNAME(1)
NAME
uname - display information about the system
SYNOPSIS
uname [-amnrsv]
DESCRIPTION
The uname command writes the name of the operating system implementation to standard output. When options are specified, strings repre-
senting one or more system characteristics are written to standard output.
The options are as follows:
-a Behave as though the options -m, -n, -r , -s, and -v were specified.
-m Write the type of the current hardware platform to standard output.
-n Write the name of the system to standard output.
-r Write the current release level of the operating system to standard output.
-s Write the name of the operating system implementation to standard output.
-v Write the version level of this release of the operating system to standard output.
If the -a flag is specified, or multiple flags are specified, all output is written on a single line, separated by spaces.
The uname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
sysctl(8), sysctl(3), uname(3)
HISTORY
The uname command appeared in 4.4BSD.
STANDARDS
The command is expected to conform to the IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') specification.
4th Berkeley Distribution February 4, 1995 UNAME(1)