is the uname command of any use here ? Try looking under /etc/ for some file named release or something ... U might also be able to peruse some info from some of the readymade scripts that come with the distro ... looking at the comments and all ... RPM and DEB based distros and Slackware are easily identifiable looking at the directory structure and general *feel* of the system. Should'nt be too difficult, though that depends on the amount of personal customisation that the system has gone through !!
HTH Sharninder "Cry on someone else's shoulder, I'm off-duty." - Troi > so you see this machine, with a shell prompt inviting you to punch away. > > question: > > you know its linux. but which distribution of linux? (knoppix, redhat, > debian, slackware, mandrake...?) > > more importantly, which release of that particular linux distribution > (Redhat 8, PCQLinuxX.x, Knoppix 3.2, Debian Woody 3.0.0r, etc?) > > so what's the magic bash command or sequence of commands? > have done my googling for this and thumbed through some handy reference > books. no luck. > > ? > > LL > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
