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Re: more definitive OSTYPE ...

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From: mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Geoff Wing)
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: more definitive OSTYPE ...
Date: 17 Oct 1997 15:00:37 GMT
Organization: PrimeNet Australia
References: <199710171301.JAA17430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hank Hughes <thigpen@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
:	Am I doing something wrong? I notice OSTYPE is mostly correct,
:	however, sometimes I get slight discrepancies like:
:1009 % echo $OSTYPE
:sunos4.1.3
:[ thigpen@k2 (8:55AM) ~  ]
:1010 % uname -a 
:SunOS k2.ccs.neu.edu 4.1.4 1 sun4m unknown
:	It seems that major types are used not revisions/updates/minor-types.
:	I'd rather use and depend on builtins like OSTYPE (or something
:	similar) rather than run something else.

OSTYPE is defined at zsh compile time.  Running `uname' will normally 
query your OS.  They serve different purposes.
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References:
- more definitive OSTYPE ...
  - From: Hank Hughes

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