User Commands machid(1)
NAME
machid, sun, iAPX286, i286, i386, i486, i860, pdp11, sparc,u3b, u3b2, u3b5, u3b15, vax, u370 - get processor type truth
valueSYNOPSIS
sun iAPX286 i386 pdp11 sparc u3bu3b2
u3b5 u3b15 vax u370DESCRIPTION
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.SunOS 5.11 Last change: 5 Jul 1990 1
User Commands machid(1) 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 IBMrO 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 attri-
butes:____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWcs ||_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
make(1S), sh(1), test(1), true(1), uname(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 Last change: 5 Jul 1990 2
User Commands machid(1) NOTESThe machid family of commands is obsolete. Use uname -p and
uname -m instead.
SunOS 5.11 Last change: 5 Jul 1990 3