How to find VERSION of UNIX OS

[Tom Murphy]

In <1991May23.154837.17537 at linus.mitre.org> kepowers at mbunix.mitre.org (Powers) writes:

>>Try "uname -a".  You should get the version, release, and several
>>other tidbits.  Take a look at the man page for uname for more
>>details (and to make sure your system has a uname command).  Enjoy!

>This works on an SG but not on Ultrix or SunOS.

This works for Ultrix, and ConvexOS :

Ultrix :

VAX> adb -k /vmunix /dev/mem
sbr 80090f18 slr 8b6a
p0br 80c5ae00 p0lr 12e p1br 8045c200 p1lr 1fffea
version/s
_version:
_version:       Ultrix-32 V3.0 (Rev 66) UWS V2.0 (BL 10.0) System #2: Mon Jan 14
 16:21:22 CST 1991

Convex :

CONVEX> adb -k /vmunix /dev/mem
sdr[0] = 00200010  sdr[1] = 00000000  sdr[2] = 00000000  sdr[3] = 00200210
sdr[4] = 00000000  sdr[5] = 00000000  sdr[6] = 00000000  sdr[7] = 00000000
Convex Debugger ($Date: 88/09/21 15:51:31 $)
Use ')help' for help.
(adb) version/s
_version:       ConvexOS -- Version 9.0.7.0.4 Tue May 14 10:25:57 CDT 1991
(adb)


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Tom Murphy -- tmurphy at convex.com             CONVEX Technical Assistance Center
COVUE/Utilities Product Specialist