Manual page for machid(1)
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.
SEE ALSO
make.1s
sh.1
test.1
true.1
uname.1
NOTES
The
machid
family of commands is obsolete.
Use
uname -p
and
uname -m
instead.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
