Re: coreutils, uname, german translation

[Bob Proulx]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thomas Templin <address@hidden> writes:
> > $ uname -v
> > #1 Mon Oct 10 13:47:52 BST 2005
> > ---8<---
> > I would say that above is the biuld/release date
> 
> That might be true for Linux but it is not true for other operating
> systems.  Coreutils attempts to be portable, and the uname
> documentation uses the more generic wording.  For example, on Solaris 10:
> 
> $ uname -v
> Generic_118822-18

And on an HP-UX machine:

  $ uname -v
  U

And on an IBM AIX machine:

  $ uname -v
  4

In general 'uname' is a terrible command.  :-/

Bob