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uname

UNAME(1)								FSF								  UNAME(1)

NAME

       uname - print system information

SYNOPSIS

       uname [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

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

       -a, --all
	      print all information, in the following order:

       -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

       -i, --hardware-platform
	      print the hardware platform

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

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for uname is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and uname programs are properly installed  at  your  site,
       the command

	      info uname

       should give you access to the complete manual.

uname (coreutils) 4.5.3 					   February 2003							  UNAME(1)