== Description
	A Ruby interface to the 'uname' command.

== Synopsis
	require 'sys/uname'
	include Sys

	puts Uname.nodename
	puts Uname.version
	puts Uname.sysname
	puts Uname.machine
	puts Uname.release
	
	p Uname.uname

== Constants
VERSION
	The current version number of sys-uname.

== Class Methods
Uname.sysname
    Returns the operating system name.  e.g. "SunOS"
    
Uname.nodename
    Returns the nodename.  This is usually, but not necessarily, the 
    same as the system's hostname.
	
    You cannot currently set the nodename (root or otherwise). This may
    be added in a future release.

Uname.machine
    Returns the machine hardware type.  e.g. "i686"
    
Uname.version
    Returns the operating system version. e.g. "5.8".  In the case of MS
    Windows, it returns the version plus patch information, separated by
    a hyphen, e.g. "2915-Service Pack 2".
    
Uname.release
    Returns the operating system release. e.g. "2.2.16-3"
    
Uname.uname
    Returns a struct of type UnameStruct that contains sysname, nodename,
    machine, version, and release.  On Solaris, it will also include 
    architecture and platform.  On HP-UX, it will also include id.
    
    MS Windows - there are many more, and different, fields in the struct.
    Please see the MSDN documenation for a complete explanation of what
    each of these members mean.
    
== Solaris Only
Uname.architecture
    Returns the instruction set architecture.  e.g. "sparc"
    
Uname.platform
    Returns the platform identifier.  e.g. "SUNW,Sun-Blade-100"
    
Uname.isa_list
	 Returns a space separated string containing a list of all variant
	 instruction set architectures executable on the current system.
	 
	 They are listed in order of performance, from best to worst.

Uname.hw_provider
	 Returns the name of the hardware manufacturer.

Uname.hw_serial_number
	 Returns the ASCII representation of the hardware-specific serial number
	 of the machine that executes the function.

Uname.srpc_domain
	 Returns the name of the Secure Remote Procedure Call domain, if any.

Uname.dhcp_cache
	 Returns a hexidecimal encoding, in String form, of the name of the
	 interface configured by boot(1M) followed by the DHCPACK reply from
	 the server.
    
== OS X Only
Uname.model
    Returns the model type,  e.g. "PowerBook5,1"
    
== HP-UX Only
Uname.id
	Returns the id number, e.g. 234233587.  This is a String, not a Fixnum.

== Notes
	Not all of the information that you might be used to seeing with
	a 'uname -a' is available.  This may be added in future releases,
	but since different implementations provide different information
	(via different header files) it will be a bit of a pain.

	Windows users - please see the MSDN documentation for the
    Win32_OperatingSystem class for a complete list of what each of the
    UnameStruct members mean.

== Known Bugs
	None that I'm aware of.  Please log any bugs on the project page at
	http://ruby-sysutils.sf.net.
	
== Future Plans
    Add additional info for Linux, Solaris, BSD.

== License
	Ruby's

== Copyright
	(C) 2002-2005 Daniel J. Berger
	All Rights Reserved

== Warranty
	This package is provided "as is" and without any express or
	implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
	warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

== Author
	Daniel Berger
	djberg96 at yahoo dot com
	rubyhacker1/imperator on IRC
	
== See Also
	uname(1) for unix, or WMI for MS Windows.
