On 2008-03-05 20:24 +0100, Beartooth Sciurivore wrote: > Is there some simple command to get a machine to tell me which > release (of Debian in particular, or of any distro but including Debian) > is running on it? If uname -a does it, I must be missing something ...
For distributions that conform to the Linux Standard Base, you would use the lsb_release command, see http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/lsbrelease.html. Note that Debian in general makes no claim to be LSB compliant, and you need to install several packages to make the lsb_release command reliable (use "apt-cache search ^lsb" to see a list). Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
