Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:41:19 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-update? Message-ID: <517889BF.3020205@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <201304242307.r3ON7AEg039368@chilled.skew.org> References: <201304242307.r3ON7AEg039368@chilled.skew.org>
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On 04/25/13 09:07, Mike Brown wrote: > Da Rock wrote: >> sysctl kern.version > For me, that's the same info as in uname -a. > > Try this: > > grep -v # /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh | head -4 That shows even less. But the point of the OP was having a file in etc with the info on version, which I fell could be redundant given the excessive detail available in sysctl which is what it is meant for. uname actually refers to the sysctl as a neat command for a shell user, doesn't it?
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