Feigning erudition, Susan Macchia wrote:
% Hi all,
%
% Does anyone know how I can find out which distro I am running on? I can use
% uname to find the kernel and basic OS (i686-Linux vs. ia64-Linux, for example),
% but I need to know more than that because the same combinations can be found on
% a variety of distros.
Besides /etc/issue and friends, RPM-based distributions often install a
package that indicates what version of the distro is installed. Slackware
uses /etc/slackware-version:
$ cat /etc/slackware-version
Slackware 8.1
$
I've no idea what Debian and its derivatives use.
Kurt
--
Hoare's Law of Large Problems:
Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get
out.
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