NAME

showrev − show machine and software revision information

SYNOPSIS

/usr/bin/showrev [ −a ] [ −p ] [ −w ] [ −c command ] [ −s hostname ]

DESCRIPTION

showrev displays revision information for the current hardware and software.  With no arguments, showrev shows the system revision information including hostname, hostid, release, kernel architecture, application architecture, hardware provider, domain, and kernel version. 

If a command is supplied with the −c option, showrev shows the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH and finds out all the directories within the PATH that contain it.  For each file found, its file type, revision, permissions, library information, and checksum are printed as well. 

OPTIONS

−a Print all system revision information available.  Window system and patch information are added. 

−p Print only the revision information about patches. 

−w Print only the OpenWindows revision information. 

−c command Print the revision information about command.

−s hostname Perform this operation on the specified hostname. The −s operation completes correctly only when hostname is running Solaris 2.5 or later. 

OUTPUT

Varies, based on flags passed. If no flags are passed, output similar to the following appears:

Hostname: system1
Hostid: 7233808e
Release: 5.4
Kernel architecture: sun4m
Application architecture: sparc
Hardware provider: Sun_Microsystems
Domain: a.network.COM
Kernel version: SunOS 5.4 generic July 1994

EXIT STATUS

The following error values are returned:

0 Successful completion. 

>0 An error occurred. 

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

SEE ALSO

arch(1), ldd(1), mcs(1), sum(1), attributes(5)

BUGS

For the −s option to work when hostname is running a version of Solaris prior to 2.5, the Solstice AdminSuite must be installed on hostname.

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 30 Aug 1995