On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:34:43 -0500 Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
# cat /etc/debian_version
testing/unstable
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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