On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 17:50, Mithun Bhattacharya wrote: > What about /proc/version - isnt that supposed to give kernel version or > something ?
(Shamelessly stolen from RH Manual) 5.2.30. /proc/version This file specifies the version of the Linux kernel and gcc in use, as well as the version of Red Hat Linux installed on the system. Note to Ghane - Correction to my earlier mail. According to the manual it also specifies the RH version running on the system.Although I could not figure out how RHL 3.2.2-5 translates to RH 9 from the below output Linux version 2.4.20-20.9 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Mon Aug 18 11:45:58 EDT 2003 Although older version in this case RH 7.2 (ignore kernel version) does at least state something close albeit it says 7.1 on my PC dunno why though. Linux version 2.4.20-1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)) #1 Thu Sep 11 16:06:45 MYT 2003 It is in effect the first line from dmesg. So dmesg | head -1 and cat /proc/version is the same although cat /proc/version is a much more elegant method for the same. :-) -- Arindam Dey The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. GPG FPR: B8E3 219E F129 F970 F4A7 BC50 9636 504A BEDF 5739 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
