Re: Check the linux type?

On 2007-03-30 02:22, Moe Trin wrote:
On 29 Mar 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux, in article
<1175167247.049377.216050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, SamG wrote:

How do i check what linux type am i using from a script.

No guaranteed standard way. Many distributions include a release or
version file in /etc/ - so you can look for /etc/*release and then
/etc/*version. If the distribution is following the Linux System
Base standard, there should be a command 'lsb_release'

lsb_release -- print distribution specific information

Like ubuntu

Debian derivative - has a useless /etc/debian-version file but the real
information is available from the 'lsb_release' command

or suse

cat /etc/SuSE-release

or fedora.

/etc/fedora-release (also has or had /etc/redhat-release)

Old guy

Solaris has a file called just /etc/release ,
why can't this be a standard?, it just sux one must know
which distribution it is before one can figure out the name of the file
that will tell me which distribution it is.

/birre
.

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