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Re: Sigh. Wouldn't consistency be nice?



>bash% echo `hostname` $HOSTTYPE
>zagzig i386
>
>tcsh% echo `hostname` $HOSTTYPE
>zagzig i486-linux
>
>zsh% echo `hostname` $MACHTYPE $OSTYPE
>zagzig i586 linux

Thus conclusively proving that zsh is superior, because its knowledge
of the CPU type is more specific.

(Yes, consistency would be nice.  And I'm surprised that bash, being a
GNU program, didn't produce the same answer as zsh, which gets it from
autoconf.)

-zefram




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