diff --git a/src/test/regress/system.sh b/src/test/regress/system.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/src/test/regress/system.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo -n "string to use for system specific expected/* files: "
+../../config.guess |awk -F\- '{ split($3,a,/[0-9]/); printf"%s-%s", $1, a[1] }'
+echo ""