Determining machine architecture and ULTRIX version
Ram Rao
ram at psalm8.ZK3.DEC.COM
Thu Oct 26 00:03:52 AEST 1989
> In a similar vein, I would also like to determine the version of ULTRIX
> that is running, and the version of DECWindows (or UWS) programmatically,
> (bourne shell script).
>
> I have tried things like the following:
>
> strings /vmunix |grep Ultrix which yields the following line:
>
> Ultrix Worksystem V2.0 (Rev. 7) System #1: Tue Mar 21 20:01:54 MST 1989
>
> Unfortunately, this only tells me the version of Workstation software
> (DECwindows), and not the version of ULTRIX.
You bring up a valid concern. It is not easy for an ULTRIX customer
today to figure out what version of the basesystem is running on a
workstation. This concern will likely be addressed in an upcoming
release. In the interim, here is how I map UWS (ULTRIX workstation
software) versions to ULTRIX base-system versions:
UWS Version Inferred ULTRIX version
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1.1 2.2
1.2 2.3
2.0 3.0
2.1 3.1
While I believe the above to be accurate, any errors are mine and
not my employer's. (standard disclaimer)
Ram Rao
ULTRIX Engineering
Digital Equipment Corporation
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