[PLUG] Which distro am I using?

Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com
Fri Feb 29 19:43:00 UTC 2008


On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Mark Turner wrote:

> cat /etc/slackware-version

I've often wished/hoped for a universal version of this file, 
something like /etc/linux-release with a simple whitespace-separated 
format, with the third field being optional:

<distribution name> <version> [<nickname>]

Shell scripts that need to work across various distributions and 
releases, installers for ISVs, and utilities like cfengine would all 
benefit from not having to do the same inefficient walk through /etc

   does /etc/redhat-release exist?

   how about /etc/debian_version?

   or ubuntu or gentoo or mandriva or ...?

Dumb, dumb.

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Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/



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