Identifying a NeXT inside a shell script without arch(1)

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From: Prentiss Riddle
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:55

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Silly question time:

Given the lack of an arch(1) command on the NeXT, is there a
recommended method for a shell script to recognize that it is running
on a NeXT?

Please reply by mail and I will summarize if there is interest.
Thanks.

-- Prentiss Riddle ("aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada") riddle@rice.edu
-- Unix Systems Programmer, Office of Networking and Computing Systems
-- Rice University, POB 1892, Houston, TX 77251 / Mudd 208 / 713-285-5327
-- Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer.

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