For bash: $ echo $HOSTTYPE i486 $ echo $MACHTYPE i486-debian-linux-gnu For tcsh: $ echo $HOSTTYPE i386-linux $ echo $MACHTYPE i386 For sh is the same as for bash (sh is bash here) Which one is correct? Marcelo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .