Hi,

It's from the Linux Standard Base (http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/LSB) 
effort to get various distributions closer together on things like file system 
layout, system services etc.

Thanx,
Jaap

Sake Blok wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:55:47PM -0400, Jeff Morriss wrote:
>> Guy Harris wrote:
>>> Red Hat with a 2.4.x kernel; unfortunately, I don't know of any generic 
>>> way to determine what version of what Linux distribution you're running 
>>> on, so I don't know of any way to say "Red Hat Linux 8.1" in the -v output.
>> There's not really a generic way but there aren't _that_ many (major) 
>> Linux distributions.
>>
>> Redhat and (IIRC) CentOS have /etc/redhat-release; for example:
>>
>>> Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 2)
>> SuSe has /etc/SuSe-release; for example:
>>
>>> SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (i586)
>>> VERSION = 9
>> A Debian system nearby has its version info in /etc/lsb-release .
> 
> Looking at the Ubuntu upgrade info (8.04 came out today), I discovered
> the command "lsb_release -a" which gives the following info on
> my ubuntu and fedora systems:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu 7.10
> Release:        7.10
> Codename:       gutsy
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] trunk]$ lsb_release -a
> LSB Version:    
> :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
> Distributor ID: Fedora
> Description:    Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
> Release:        8
> Codename:       Werewolf
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] trunk]$ 
> 
> I'm not sure though if all distributions support that command.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Sake

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