topic Re: UNAME command output in Operating System - HP-UX

UNAME command output

john guardian — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:21:10 GMT

Don't have any HP systems at this location.

Can anyone provide output for the following:

uname -a

for

HP11.11 v1 (11.11)
HP11.11 v2 (11.23)
HP11.11 v3 (11.31)

Need to know if HP clearly differentiates its version in that output string either via the "v#" or 11.11/23/31

Thanks in advance.

Re: UNAME command output

Fabio Ettore — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:33:58 GMT

Hi,

the command to know the exact version of HP-UX is 'uname -r', otherwise the more verbose 'uname -a'. Anyway HP clearly differentiates versions, I mean when you issuing uname you'll see

B.11.31, B.11.23 or B.11.11

according the O.S. version.

Best regards,
Fabio

Re: UNAME command output

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:34:59 GMT

John:

The output is in the format 11.11 or 11.23 or 11.31

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: UNAME command output

erics_1 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:35:17 GMT

They all report the same way:

B.11.11
B.11.23
B.11.31

Regards,
Eric

Re: UNAME command output

Steven Schweda — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:40:35 GMT

> Don't have any HP systems at this location.

For a more general solution, you might
consider:

http://www.testdrive.hp.com/

antinode@td176> uname -a
HP-UX td176 B.11.23 U ia64 1928826293 unlimited-user license

antinode@td176> uname -r
B.11.23

Re: UNAME command output

Bill Hassell — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:23:31 GMT

And to answer the implied question about v# (as in HP-UX 11i Ver 2, or 11i version 1 or 11iV1 or any number of random ways to represent the version), the 11i version descriptions appear primarily in marketing documents. Occasionally, the version numbers creep into other documents, the definitive identification is 11.xx (as it has been for more than 20 years) but software and patches all contain the 11.## identifier. Unfortunately, 3rd party vendors will use a mix of names for HP-UX including the meaningless "11i" name with no version.

Re: UNAME command output

john guardian — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:24:36 GMT

Thanks Guys. Much appreciated!

Happy Holidays!