User Commands                                           machid(1)



NAME
     machid, sun, iAPX286, i286, i386, i486, i860, pdp11,  sparc,
     u3b, u3b2, u3b5, u3b15, vax, u370 - get processor type truth
     value

SYNOPSIS
     sun


     iAPX286


     i386


     pdp11


     sparc


     u3b


     u3b2


     u3b5


     u3b15


     vax


     u370


DESCRIPTION
     The following commands will return a true value  (exit  code
     of  0)  if you are using an instruction set that the command
     name indicates.

     sun        True if you are on a Sun system.


     iAPX286    True if you are on a computer  using  an  iAPX286
                processor.






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     i386       True if you are on a computer  using  an  iAPX386
                processor.


     pdp11       True if you are on a PDP-11/45 or PDP-11/70.


     sparc      True if you are on  a  computer  using  a  SPARC-
                family processor.


     u3b        True if you are on a 3B20 computer.


     u3b2       True if you are on a 3B2 computer.


     u3b5       True if you are on a 3B5 computer.


     u3b15      True if you are on a 3B15 computer.


     vax        True if you are on a VAX-11/750 or VAX-11/780.


     u370       True if you are on an IBO System/370 computer.



     The commands that do not apply will  return  a  false  (non-
     zero)  value. These commands are often used within makefiles
     (see make(1S)) and shell scripts  (see  sh(1))  to  increase
     portability.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWcsu                     
    


SEE ALSO
     make(1S), sh(1), test(1), true(1), uname(1), attributes(5)





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NOTES
     The machid family of commands is obsolete. Use uname -p  and
     uname -m instead.




















































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