# $EPIC: uname.txt,v 1.1.1.1 2006/07/11 04:57:43 jnelson Exp $
$uname(<description>)
This function returns system information about the machine on which EPIC is running, similar to the uname(2) system call.
the string <description> parsed according to the following table:
| Any instance of | will be replaced with | 
|---|---|
| %m | The “machine” (architecture) | 
| %n | The “Node” (hostname) | 
| %r | The “Release” of the operating system | 
| %s | The “Name” of the operating system | 
| %v | The “Version” of the operating system | 
| %a | The logical value of “%s %n %r %v %m” | 
| %% | A single % | 
$uname(This machine (%n) is a %m running %s %r) 
 in one case could return: 
This machine (paradigm) is a i686 running Linux 2.2.0