>
> Well, provided she's using the central systems, they all run
> OSF/1^H^H^H^H^HDigital Unix^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HCompaq Tru64. The
> only other generally accessable unix-like systems are the Linux boxes
> in some of the computer labs.
I think you missed one, that should read:
OSF/1^H^H^H^H
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> ... write a script that did what I wanted. I could still do it, and
> probably will (though the Debian output won't work well), but it's going
> to have an awful lot of if...then clauses in it :)
Ever taken a look at a GNU autoconf "configure" script?
In a message dated: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 16:11:25 PST
"Karl J. Runge" said:
>Hi Paul,
>
>Could you give more detail on what you are trying to do?
>
>It sounds like you are trying to write a program or script that
>is portable across the various distros (or, how dated of me, multiple
>Unixes). That
Hi Paul,
Could you give more detail on what you are trying to do?
It sounds like you are trying to write a program or script that
is portable across the various distros (or, how dated of me, multiple
Unixes). That sort of portability is a GoodThing!
Anyway, from your listing of the /etc/ relea
Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How ironic. You use a shell script whose major purpose is to detect and
> correct for differences between platforms to illustrate the effect of
> standard implementations. Was that deliberate?
Yes, and it proves that such things are possible to w
On 14 Nov 2001, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> Oh, come on, this isn't really true.
It's a rant. That goes without saying. ;-)
>o highly portable shell scripts wouldn't exist (ever use configure?)
How ironic. You use a shell script whose major purpose is to detect and
correct for differe
Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Bayard Coolidge USG wrote:
> > ... particularly since I don't have time to make a detailed study of the
> > POSIX standard...
>
> ... and no one else does, either, so it wouldn't help in any event...
Oh, come on, this isn't rea
On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Bayard Coolidge USG wrote:
> ... particularly since I don't have time to make a detailed study of the
> POSIX standard...
... and no one else does, either, so it wouldn't help in any event...
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Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks:
>>> Why can't there be some standard way of discovering release
>>> information from the various distributions?
You point out an interesting example of the old expression
"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from".
FWIW, I a
Why can't there be some standard way of discovering release
information from the various distributions?
For example:
RH has /etc/redhat-release
Mandrake has /etc/mandrake-release
Debian has /etc/debian_version
SuSE has /etc/SuSE-release
And each one o
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