proper way to determine arch of *installed* OS, not processor?

Chris Jones jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Fri May 6 20:59:04 UTC 2011


>>> wnloaded where that wrapper reads:
>> 
>> I have access to a machine that has 32 bit SLC4 installed. uname gives
>> 
>> pcfl ~ > uname -i
>> i386
> 
>  weirdly, that command on my 64-bit system gives me "unknown", so it
> doesn't look like "uname -i" is sufficiently reliable.  looks like
> "uname -m" might be what i'm looking for.  can you tell me what that
> prints?

pcfl ~ > uname -m
i686

Chris

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