[TriLUG] Determining distro via script

[Ian Kilgore]

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 04:28:44PM -0500, Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> For debian-y systems (such as Ubuntu), see
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/lsb-release
> 
> cmpalmer at albert:~$ lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu 6.10
> Release:        6.10
> Codename:       edgy
> cmpalmer at albert:~$
> 
> Old (fixed) bug:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/9217
> 
> I don't see an /etc/ubuntu-release file
> 
> -CMP
> 
No /etc/*-release file in debian land.  There is /etc/debian_version,
though.  (Note it won't say 'ubuntu' on an ubuntu system, just
testing/unstable).
-- 
Ian Kilgore
echo "pfxz at pfxz.trw" | tr pzfwxt ikagno
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