On Red Hat, the file is /etc/redhat-release.

Lea Stahr
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-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Edmund R. MacKenty
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: SuSE Versions

On Thursday 31 January 2008 13:09, Walters, Gene P wrote:
>We are running several versions of SuSE on our IFL.  I am trying to
make
>a list of what we are running.  I went into each Instance and did a cat
>/proc/version, but that shows me the kernel level.  How can I either
>find the SuSE version, or equate that kernel level to a specific SuSE
>version?  Management wants this list and they don't understand kernel
>versions..lol

Do a "cat /etc/*release" command.  Most Linux systems have a file
matching
that pattern that describes the distro.  My SLES 9 box has this:

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (s390x)
VERSION = 9

>Also, how can I tell if it is 32-bit or 64-bit.

The "uname -m" command will output "s390" on a 31-bit system, or "s390x"
on a
64-bit system.
        - MacK.
-----
Edmund R. MacKenty
Software Architect
Rocket Software, Inc.
Newton, MA USA

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