On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 02:20:55PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > every so often, this question comes up -- is there an option with > "uname" (or perhaps some other command or file) that identifies that a > 32-bit version of some linux distro has been installed on a 64-bit > system? Not quite what you intended, but how about: file $(which uname) ;-) > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.net> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________