machid(1) User Commands machid(1)NAME
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 proces‐
sor.
i386 True if you are on a computer using an iAPX386 proces‐
sor.
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 pro‐
cessor.
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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWcsu │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOmake(1S), sh(1), test(1), true(1), uname(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The machid family of commands is obsolete. Use uname -p and uname -m
instead.
SunOS 5.10 5 Jul 1990 machid(1)