# $EPIC: uname.txt,v 1.1.1.1 2006/07/11 04:57:43 jnelson Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$__uname__(<description>)

======Technical:======
This function returns system information about the machine on which EPIC
is running, similar to the uname(2) system call.

======Returns:======
the string <description> parsed according to the following table:


^   Any instance of     ^will be replaced with                  ^
|   %m                  |The "machine" (architecture)    |
|   %n                  |The "Node" (hostname)    |
|   %r                  |The "Release" of the operating system    |
|   %s                  |The "Name" of the operating system    |
|   %v                  |The "Version" of the operating system    |
|   %a                  |The logical value of "%s %n %r %v %m"    |
|   %%                  |A single %    |

======Examples:======
$uname(This machine (%n) is a %m running %s %r) \\
 in one case could return: \\
This machine (paradigm) is a i686 running Linux 2.2.0