by I have a heterogeneous network of *IX machines (Sun,SGI,HP,Mips).
I am trying to create a directory structure in which I can store files
which would normally go under the /usr/local directory on each machine.
I intend to write a script which will create symbolic links to these
files in each machines' /usr/local directory. In order for all of this to
be automatic, I need the script to know what executables go with each
machine.
This is the directory structure I am thinking of using:
/home/local
|
product1--------+--------product2
| .
etc--src----------+--bin------------lib .
. . |
. . sun4--sun3--hp/pa-risc--hp/400--mips--sgi...
What I need is names for this bottom level of directories that will uniquely
identify binary compatible computers. I am thinking of using the output from
the uname command with a -m qualifier. On most machines, this gives an
intelligible response of what the machine type is (i.e. sun4c for a
Sparcstation 1+, IP12 for an SGI Indigo). But there are some instances,
as with the SGI line that are binary compatible but have different cpu's,
and thus different responses from uname -m. Is there any more succinct and
readable way to classify binaries? Let me know if you've tackled this
problem. E-mail would be preferrable, but post if you can't e-mail me.
Thank you very much ahead of time.
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