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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:34:44 +0100
From: Frank-Michael Moser <moser AT decodon DOT com>
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Subject: Re: OSTYPE missing
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My approach is the following:

a) If possible simply export OSTYPE in /etc/profile or
b) export OSTYPE="$(uname | cut -d _ -f 1 | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])"
    where you need it



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