[TriLUG] detecting kernel major/minor versions

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> The current kernel version is 2.6.17.1. The extra place has broken my scripts 
> for detecting kernel major (${KVER%.*}) and minor (${KVER##*.}) versions. 
> Does anyone have a way that will work for a x.x.x.x AND a x.x.x kernel 
> number?

answering my own question

uname_r=`uname -r`
minor_and_subminor=${uname_r##*2.6.}
minor=${minor_and_subminor%\.*}

if [ `expr $uname_r : 2.6` = "3" ]
then
   if [ $minor -ge 13 ]
   then

...

Joe

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