As it turns out, bwbasic passes shell commands, so this is does not create a new problem:
bwBASIC: uname -a Linux gorgon 2.6.31-10-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 8 12:32:38 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
As it turns out, bwbasic passes shell commands, so this is does not create a new problem:
bwBASIC: uname -a
Linux gorgon 2.6.31-10-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 8 12:32:38 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux