System Administration Guide

How to Display System and Software Release Information

To display specific system and software release information, use the showrev command.


$ showrev [-a]

-a

Displays all system release information available. 

Example--Displaying System and Software Release Information

The following example shows showrev command output.


$ showrev -a
Hostname: pluto
Hostid: 5721864d
Release: 5.6
Kernel architecture: sun4cm
Application architecture: sparc
Hardware provider: Sun_Microsystems
Domain: solar.com
Kernel version: SunOS 5.6 Generic August 1997
 
OpenWindows version:
OpenWindows Version 3.6 January 1997
No patches are installed
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