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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help with utility identification..
Date: 1 Feb 1997 14:52:35 GMT
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David E. O'Brien <obrien@relay.nuxi.com> wrote:

> ishwar rattan <3CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> wrote:
> : How do I fugure out if /usr/bin/make is gnu-make?
> : Is there a way to figure these things out? I am running
> 
> Virtually all GNU programs accpept the "--help" and "--version" options.
> So try these and the out put should tell all.

...but you could add as well that /usr/bin/make is BSD make, not GNU
make.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)