>
> Mark,
>
> > ... how do you tell which distribution (e.g., Red Hat, Slackware)
> > has been installed on a machine?
>
> In general you can't. A distribution is like an option package
> on a car. Unless the distribution included some marker (LE above
> the right brake light), you can only guess. Further, the owner has
> probably added packages not in the original distribution.
>
> Most distributions are characterized by their package handler.
>
> Slackware - pkgtool
> Debian - deity
> Red Hat - rpm
>
> If you find any of these on your box, it was almost certainly
> (>99.9%) the corresponding distribution.
>
> Welcome,
>
> FANUC Robotics North America Dr. Robert J. Meier
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-248-377-7469
>
