Re: problems with uname

[Bob Proulx]

Jonathan Greer wrote:
> As I mentioned in the topic - I have a problem with uname. It's 
> actually what the values are, like the clock. When the clock really is 
> 18:12, uname shows a constant time of 20:12 17 Dec 2002... That's not 
> really right, what have I possibly f*cked up? How can I fix it?

The 'uname' command is not a clock.  It returns information about the
kernel.  'uname -v' returns the kernel version.  Your kernel's version
string on some systems is the time at which it was compiled.

A quick search turned up these and many other past postings about
uname.

  http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-sh-utils/2001-01/msg00028.html
  http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-sh-utils/2002-12/msg00006.html
  http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-sh-utils/2001-09/msg00004.html
  http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-sh-utils/2003-02/msg00005.html

Me thinks I need to add another entry to the FAQ.  :-)

Bob