4. Draft 5 - MonitoringSession interface (see drmaa.org for draft document)
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- MachineOS: Problem: Standardized list of Strings. Peter: Common information model by DMTF (specifies and updates a list) Roger; POSIX (uname -a)
Regarding using the uname command as the basis for system identification ... As noted in http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/uname.html the uname command accepts the following options: ________________ -m Write the name of the hardware type on which the system is running to standard output. -r Write the current release level of the operating system implementation. -s Write the name of the implementation of the operating system. -v Write the current version level of this release of the operating system implementation. ________________ I have concerns that one OS installed on given hardware might output a different 'hardware type' than a different OS installed on identical hardware. It's also worth noting that AIX 5.3 manpages indicate -r Displays the release number of the operating system. -v Displays the operating system version. Thus, % uname -r 3 % uname -v 5 Whereas on SunOS 5.9, % uname -r 5.9 % uname -v Generic_112233-11