Uname -v meaning

[Alan Edwards]

Does anyone know what the uname -v letter mean? i.e. what does A, E etc signify.

Alan

[Ashwani Kashyap]

It displays the current version level of the operating system .

THe full version is like this B.11.00 A
I also have a U version .

[Chris Wilshaw]

from man uname

iv is the operating system version identifier.

so you could have 11.00 A, which is cersion A of HP-UX 11, and so on.

[Ted Ellis_2]

uname -a will give you the full string... I have the U version of 11.00

HP-UX host_name B.11.00 U 9000/800 696309353 unlimited-user licens

[BFA6]

Hi,

From the man page

C The operating system version identifier

Regards,

Hilary

[Chris Wilshaw]

Further, I believe that it also ties in with the usage licence that you have.

from my systems, A seems to be a 2 user licence, U an unlimited.

[Alan Edwards]

I know what the man page says, I was looking for the actual meaning of the letters.

My memory says that A is something like the April 99 load.

[Cheryl Griffin]

It does refer to the licensing:

A = 2-user license installed on system
E = 8-user license installed on system
U = Unlimited user license installed on system


Cheryl

[Anil C. Sedha]

Alan,

It is used to identify what version of the operating system are you using.

There are sub classes within the operating system. It is used to identify them.

Regards,
Anil

[Dietmar Konermann]

uname(1) takes the letter and determines directly the licensing policy from it:

A two-user
B 16-user (unlimited for 9000/[34] models)
C 32-user
D 64-user
E 8-user
U unlimted

Regards...
Dietmar.

[Alan Edwards]

Thanks Dietmar & Cheryl; that was just what I was looking for.

Alan