On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 11:27:24PM +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > > From a developer point of view is there a reliable/consistent way to > > obtain Linux distribution name and release information? > > /etc/SuSE-release > /etc/redhat-release > /etc/mandrake-release
I asume he wants to know a consistant way across Linux distributions. It would indeed be nice if there where something like /etc/release, even if it only were a symlink, on each and every Linux distro. houghi -- Quote correct (NL) http://www.briachons.org/art/quote/ Zitiere richtig (DE) http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren Quote correctly (EN) http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
