what kind of machine am I

[Walter Rowe]

The ``Configure'' script distributed with PERL has some really crafty
mechanisms for determining what type of machine you are on.  It uses a
combination of unique files and/or the program /bin/uname which some
system support (I know SunOS does).

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Walter Rowe             rowe at cme.nist.gov           ...!uunet!cme-durer!rowe
National Institute of Standards and Technology / U.S. Department of Commerce