Use lsb_release instead. It knows how to parse the contents of the redhat-release file into appropriate fields, saving you from having to do that yourself. --Maarten > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of fred smith > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 11:30 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: /etc/redhat-release > > Hi! > > I'm responsible for the installation program for a commercial app that > runs on several versions of RHEL. > > I know I can find out what version I'm running on by examining > /etc/redhat-release. > > But the installer wants to know how to parse out its contents in some > sensible way so it can tell exactly what it's working with, so the > current algorithm is to just do a text match on the file's contents. > > To do that means that I have to know what all the possibilities are when > I write/update the installer. > > i've looked around quite a lot and can't find anywhere a resource that > would tell me what all the various possibilities are the Red Hat uses > in their various releases. So, I"m left to installing (or at least > _finding_) a system with each variant and looking at its /etc/redhat- > release > file. > > not very efficient... > > Does anyone know of a listing of what all the actual contents are? > I've not turned one up in the RH KB, or anywhere else. > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------ > ---- > Do you not know? Have you not heard? > The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the > earth. > He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can > fathom. > ----------------------------- Isaiah 40:28 (niv) ------------------------ > ----- > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
