Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-18 Thread Mayank Jain
On 1/18/06, Raj Shekhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a gazillion ways to check your distro version - the easiest > one being that the previous sysadmin or the box owner tells you. > Sometimes that is not possible. /etc/issue.net is *one* of the ways to > find the distribution - though not

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-17 Thread Raj Shekhar
There are a gazillion ways to check your distro version - the easiest one being that the previous sysadmin or the box owner tells you. Sometimes that is not possible. /etc/issue.net is *one* of the ways to find the distribution - though not the only one. Cheers -- _.-,

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-17 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mithun Bhattacharya wrote: > What I have been saying is that to know specifically which version of a > distribution is installed just follow the strategy which the > distribution uses to determine version. > > RedHat : /etc/redhat-release > Fedora :

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-17 Thread Mithun Bhattacharya
--- Mayank Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Certainly it might now work on all platforms & its just the BASH > version, but atleast it allows identification of a stock RH/Fedora > installation. Likewise, /etc/issue.net can be changed anytime, but > atleast it allows you to identify a system "in

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-17 Thread Mayank Jain
On 1/17/06, Mithun Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ set | grep BASH_VERSINFO > > BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="1" [4]="release" > > [5]="i486-pc-linux-gnu") > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Seems some of you guys dont read the obvious thing which is the > v

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-16 Thread Mithun Bhattacharya
--- nipra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ set | grep BASH_VERSINFO > BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="1" [4]="release" > [5]="i486-pc-linux-gnu") > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Seems some of you guys dont read the obvious thing which is the variable name - it is Bash versio

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-16 Thread nipra
Hi, On 1/16/06, Raj shekhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in infinite wisdom Mayank Jain spoke thus on 01/16/06 14:49: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] set | grep BASH_VERSINFO > > BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="00" [2]="14" [3]="1" [4]="release" > > [5]="i386-redhat-linux-gnu") > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > does

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-16 Thread Raj shekhar
in infinite wisdom Mayank Jain spoke thus on 01/16/06 14:49: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] set | grep BASH_VERSINFO > BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="00" [2]="14" [3]="1" [4]="release" > [5]="i386-redhat-linux-gnu") > [EMAIL PROTECTED] does this work on debian flavors ? -- _.-, raj s

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-16 Thread Mithun Bhattacharya
> On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 05:14:01PM -0800, Brian Street wrote: > > hello svlugers, > > > > This is a stupid question, or it seems so to me, but I don't know > how > > to answer it. > > > > If I know a system has linux installed but don't know what flavor, > how > > can I tell which it is (ie. S

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-16 Thread Mayank Jain
On 1/16/06, Mithun Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 05:14:01PM -0800, Brian Street wrote: > > > hello svlugers, > > > > > > This is a stupid question, or it seems so to me, but I don't know > > how > > > to answer it. > > > > > > If I know a system has linux ins

[ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-14 Thread Raj Shekhar
Original Message Subject: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed? Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:43:28 -0500 From: stripes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brian Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Brian, Check /etc/issue.ne