NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     arch, machine - print architecture type

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     arch [-ks]
     machine [-a]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The arch and machine commands display the  machine's  architecture in
     slightly  different  ways.  arch by default displays the application architecture,
 defined by both the operating system  and  the  instruction set architecture,
  while  machine displays the kernel architecture
(without the
     operating system part).  Note that both commands output  the
target architecture
  as  opposed  to  uname(1) which describes the host.
This is useful
     for dynamic discovery of the target architecture in build or
configuration
  scripts  needing to work in cross-compilation environments.

     The options for arch are as follows:

     -k      Display the kernel architecture instead of  application architecture.


     -s       Display  the  chosen  architecture in a short form,
i.e., without
             the operating system prefixed.

     The options for machine are as follows:

     -a      Display the application architecture instead of  the
kernel architecture.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     uname(1)

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      22,     1996