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Predefined Variables

Several variables are setup and made available to your scripts. These may be used in several different fashions:

 if ( Defined( "raid" ) )
 {
    # This system is running software raid
 }
 if ( Value( "kvm") == 1 )
 {
    # This system is a KVM guest.
 }
 if ( $xen )
 {
   # This system is a Xen guest/host.
 }

Global Variables

The following variables are available:

Variable	Usage/Meaning/Contents
arch	Either i386 or amd64, depending upon the type of the system.
bits	32 or 64 depending on the client system.
domain	The domain portion of the hostname.
fqdn	The fully qualified (long) hostname of the client system.
hostname	The short (unqualified) hostname of the client system.
kernel	The version of the kernel running upon the client system.
kvm	1 if the guest is a KVM guest.
raid	1 if some form of RAID was detected.
release	The symbolic name of the current distributions release, via LSB.
server	The name of the server the client is running against.
softwareraid	1 if software RAID was detected.
verbose	0 or 1 depending on whether the slaugher run was launched wiht --verbose
xen	1 if the guest is a Xen system (domU or dom0).

You can see all these variables, and their current values upon the local host by executing:

  slaughter --dump