#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

        system( "echo Date: `date`" );
        system( "echo Uptime: `uptime`" );
        system( "echo Name: `uname -n`" );
        system( "echo Kernel: `uname -r`" );

        if(strcmp(argv[2], "-d") == 0)
        {
                system( "echo Date: `date`" );
        }
}

c0debox programming # ./sysinfo -d
Date: Tue Feb 15 00:26:13 EST 2005
Uptime: 00:26:13 up 2:33, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.08, 0.06
Name: c0debox
Kernel: 2.6.10
Segmentation fault