Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?
On Mon 31 Jan 2022 at 08:26:35 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 08:23:45AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > 1. From current console, how can I determine which is running?
> > > [ equivalent of /etc/debian_version would be ideal ]
> >
> > Depends what you mean. The answer may also be "both" depending on what
> > you care about. E.g. many of my machines run an amd64 kernel with an
> > i386 set of Debian binaries running on top of it, and some of them also
> > include a few Debian amd64 binaries.
> >
> > `uname -a` tells you what kernel you're running.
> > `file /bin/sh` should tell you what that executable uses.
>
> /bin/sh is a symlink, so that's not a useful command to determine
> your arch. I typically use "file /bin/ls" instead.
file -L is a useful habit for looking at system files.
Cheers,
David.
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