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machid

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 5 Jul 1990
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NAME

machid, sun, iAPX286, i286, i386, i486, i860, pdp11, sparc, u3b, u3b2, u3b5, u3b15, vax, u370 - get processor type truth value  

SYNOPSIS

sun

iAPX286

i386

pdp11

sparc

u3b

u3b2

u3b5

u3b15

vax

u370  

DESCRIPTION

The following commands will return a true value (exit code of 0) if you are using an instruction set that the command name indicates.

sun True if you are on a Sun system.

iAPX286 True if you are on a computer using an iAPX286 processor.

i386 True if you are on a computer using an iAPX386 processor.

pdp11
 True if you are on a PDP-11/45™ or PDP-11/70™.

sparc True if you are on a computer using a SPARC-family processor.

u3b True if you are on a 3B20 computer.

u3b2 True if you are on a 3B2 computer.

u3b5 True if you are on a 3B5 computer.

u3b15 True if you are on a 3B15 computer.

vax True if you are on a VAX-11/750™ or VAX-11/780™.

u370 True if you are on an IBM® System/370™ computer.

The commands that do not apply will return a false (non-zero) value. These commands are often used within makefiles (see make(1S)) and shell scripts (see sh(1)) to increase portability.  

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWcsu

 

SEE ALSO

make(1S), sh(1), test(1), true(1), uname(1), attributes(5)  

NOTES

The machid family of commands is obsolete. Use uname -p and uname -m instead.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO
NOTES

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