[TriLUG] Determining distro via script

[Warren Myers]

Far as I know it is - I've seen it on my (K)Ubuntu boxes, SuSE, RHEL,
CentOS, etc

On 11/3/06, Shawn Hood <shawnlhood at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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"God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on
with the prime numbers." --Paul Erdős
"It's not possible. We are the type of people who have everything in our
favor going against us." --Ben Jarhvi, Short Circuit 2