11-22-2002
OS Type and Version
I have seen quite a few posts recently which have launched into questions about specfic errors whose resolution depends a lot upon the OS type and version.
I suggest that in the FAQ an additional entry be included, either under general board usage or posting threads, that informs the user to place something like the text below at the top of their posts:
OS Type: HP-UX 64 Bit (or whatever type)
Version: 11.11
This could help reduce the amount of responses that ask "What OS are you running, what version etc etc". It might also stop entire sections of a thread from being completely off-track by assuming things about the OS.
It would be even better if there was an additional field, under the "Subject" field, such as "OS Type and Version" which a person could fill out when they start a new thread and this would be displayed in their post. I suspect it is a lot harder to implement than it is to suggest - but just a thought!
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UNAME(3) BSD Library Functions Manual UNAME(3)
NAME
uname -- get system identification
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/utsname.h>
int
uname(struct utsname *name);
DESCRIPTION
The uname() function stores nul-terminated strings of information identifying the current system into the structure referenced by name.
The utsname structure is defined in the <sys/utsname.h> header file, and contains the following members:
sysname Name of the operating system implementation.
nodename Network name of this machine.
release Release level of the operating system.
version Version level of the operating system.
machine Machine hardware platform.
RETURN VALUES
The uname() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate
the error.
ERRORS
The uname() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library functions sysctl(3).
SEE ALSO
uname(1), sysctl(3)
STANDARDS
The uname() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
The uname() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.
BSD
January 4, 1994 BSD