$ cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) $ ls -l /etc/redhat-release lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 May 29 18:49 /etc/redhat-release -> fedora-release
Crap. Check this out:
[root@enigma etc]# cat redhat-release mandrake-release Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586
This is a poor way to do it though because it is not pan-unix. Maybe something in /proc?
IIRC pretty much all linux distros have /etc/<distroname>-release in place, at least Debian, RH-variants (RHL, RHEL+rebuilds, FC), SuSE and Mandrake have it, making it probably the best option.
$ cat /etc/issue Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel \r on an \m
Perhaps /etc/issue is more generic? getty outputs this file with uname -x replacing \x.
Looking at /etc/issue is a BAD idea because that's a system configuration file. People put legalese ("unauthorized use prohibited") and such in there, can't be depended on.
- Panu -
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