Prerequisites
Unix
Ruby 1.8.0 or later.
MS Windows
Ruby 1.8.2 or later. Earlier versions segfault due to OLE bugs.
Active WMI service (normally on by default).
Installation
Unix
ruby extconf.rb
make
ruby test/tc_uname.rb (optional)
make site-install
MS Windows
ruby test\tc_uname.rb (optional)
ruby install.rb
Synopsis
require 'sys/uname'
include Sys
p Uname.uname
Solaris Notes
Folks building this package on SunOS get two extra methods: architecture()
and platform()
OS X Notes
OS X users get the extra method "model()".
HP-UX Notes
HP-UX users get the extra method "id()". 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.