<OT> RE: proper way to determine arch of *installed* OS, not processor?

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 15:28 -0600, compdoc wrote: 
> $ uname -m
> 
> x86_64

I think I found a darn virus! 
wayward4now at iam:~$ more /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.32-32-generic (buildd at roseapple) (gcc version 4.4.
3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 21:54:21 UTC 2
011
wayward4now at iam:~$ uname -a
Linux iam 2.6.32-32-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 21:54:21 UTC 2011
i686 GNU/Linux
wayward4now at iam:~$ 

A reference to Linux in /proc/version is converted to GNU/Linux by uname
-a  huh. :) Ric
  

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