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 +# $EPIC: uname.txt,v 1.1.1.1 2006/07/11 04:57:43 jnelson Exp $
 +======Synopsis:======
 +$__uname__(<description>)
 +
 +======Technical:======
 +This function returns system information about the machine on which EPIC
 +is running, similar to the uname(2) system call.
 +
 +======Returns:======
 +the string <description> parsed according to the following table:
 +
 +
 +^   Any instance of     ^will be replaced with                  ^
 +|   %m                  |The "machine" (architecture)    |
 +|   %n                  |The "Node" (hostname)    |
 +|   %r                  |The "Release" of the operating system    |
 +|   %s                  |The "Name" of the operating system    |
 +|   %v                  |The "Version" of the operating system    |
 +|   %a                  |The logical value of "%s %n %r %v %m"    |
 +|   %%                  |A single %    |
 +
 +======Examples:======
 +$uname(This machine (%n) is a %m running %s %r) \\
 + in one case could return: \\
 +This machine (paradigm) is a i686 running Linux 2.2.0
 +
  
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