Hi, To get the Redhat Linux version - cat /etc/redhat-release To get the kernel version - uname -r To get whole lot of information besides RHL version - uname -a To get size of directory du -s dir_name wide range of options are available for du about the metrics used. man du might help :) Regards, -- Tushar Telichari Telephone: +91 20 553 9909 Extn: 114 Email: tushar@xxxxxxxxxxx Websites: http://www.versant.com http://www.geocities.com/t_telichari On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, cheryl tan wrote: > > Good morning! We are currently developing a software for our undergraduate thesis. > > I would like to ask for shell commands: (1.) for getting the Redhat Linux version currently installed; and (2.) for getting the directory/folder size > > For #2, we have tried the [du -s foldername] command, but the size that we get from the shell prompt is not the same as when we right click on a folder and view its size. We are currently using Redhat 7.2. > > We hope you could shed some light on our problem. Thank you. > > - Cheryl Tan > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
