README

Path: README
Last Update: Sat Aug 18 05:37:32 +0000 2012

Description

  A Ruby interface for getting operating system information. The name comes
  from the Unix 'uname' command, but this library works on MS Windows as well.

Prerequisites

  ffi 1.0 or later

Installation

  gem install sys-uname

  # If that doesn't work and you're on Windows try this:
  gem install sys-uname --platform universal-mingw32

Synopsis

  require 'sys/uname'
  include Sys

  p Uname.uname

Solaris Notes

  Users on SunOS get several extra methods: architecture, platform,
  hw_serial, hw_provider, srpc_domain, isa_list, and dhcp_cache.

BSD flavors, including OS X

  Users on BSD platforms get the extra Uname.model method.

HP-UX Notes

  HP-UX users get the extra Uname.id_number method. This is actually a
  String, not a Fixnum, because that's how it's defined in the utsname
  struct.

MS Windows Notes

  The C version for Windows has been completely scrapped in favor of an OLE
  plus WMI approach.  It is pure Ruby.  Please see the MSDN documentation for
  the Win32_OperatingSystem class for a complete list of what each of the
  UnameStruct members mean.

Documentation

  For more details, see the 'uname.txt' file under the 'doc' directory.

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