[TriLUG] Determining distro via script

[Shawn Hood]

I was not aware that *-release was a conventional thing.  Sweet.  Thanks.

On 11/3/06, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think there is a /etc/<distro>-release file in every distro. on SuSE it's
> /etc/SuSE-release
> CPU info can be gained from /proc/cpuinfo
>
> WMM
>
> On 11/3/06, Shawn Hood <shawnlhood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > List,
> >
> > I am writing a shell script that performs different tasks based on the
> > distribution, distro version, and architecture of the machine.  I was
> > wondering if anybody had any surefire ways to perform this function.
> > I know you could do this by parsing the default /etc/issue, a
> > combination of uname parameters, etc.  Red Hat has
> > /etc/redhat-release, etc.  There are a number of things that you could
> > derive distribution information from.  I'm just looking for the most
> > common, easiest-to-use indicators.  SLES9/10 and RHEL3/4 are most
> > important.
> >
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