Re: bin/53020: Enhancement: uname(1) should be able to read a kernel image file

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/53020; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/53020: Enhancement: uname(1) should be able to read a kernel
 image file
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:57:18 +0800 (+08)

 On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
 
 > It makes sense. The current solution to achieve the same is to use what(1=
 > ):
 >
 > $ what /netbsd
 >
 > /netbsd
 > 	NetBSD 8.99.7 (GENERIC) #12: Fri Nov 24 21:50:24 CET 2017
 
 Yes, but that doesn't allow retrieval of selectable items as do the
 command-line options for uname(1).