---
name: "System::Info::AIX"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsystem-info-perl"
version: "0.066-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/System::Info::AIX"
---

# System::Info::AIX(3pm)

Object for specific AIX info.

## NAME

System::Info::AIX - Object for specific AIX info.

## DESCRIPTION

### $si-\>prepare\_sysinfo

Use os-specific tools to find out more about the system.

### $si-\>prepare\_os

Use os-specific tools to find out more about the operating system.

Abbreviations used in AIX OS version include

```
 ML   Maintenance Level
 TL   Technology Level
 SP   Service Pack
 CSP  Conclusive/Last SP
 RD   Release Date (YYWW)
```

When the OS version reports as `"AIX 5.3.0.0/TL12-05"`, the `05` is the `"SP"` number. Newer versions of AIX report using `"TL"`, where older AIX releases report using `"ML"`. See `"oslevel -?"`.

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

(c) 2016-2025, Abe Timmerman & H.Merijn Brand, All rights reserved.

With contributions from Jarkko Hietaniemi, Campo Weijerman, Alan Burlison, Allen Smith, Alain Barbet, Dominic Dunlop, Rich Rauenzahn, David Cantrell.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See:

- •

  \<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html\>

- •

  \<http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\>

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.