On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:06:39PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 08/10/2007, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I do not know what > > >version Debian this is, or how up to date it is, as it is not my > > >machine. How can I check? > > cat /etc/debian_version > > Thank you Gerard. OT, but is there a general way to check what > distro/version any *nix installation is? Today I'm playing with a > friend's Debian system, at home I've Ubuntu and Fedora, and tomorrow I > might sit at an OpenSuse machine. I like to learn distro-ambiguous > tools. >
dmesg Generally, near the top when the kernel boots there's some indication of what OS this is. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
