I note that I also have it on gentoo. -- William Sutton
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Warren Myers wrote: > Far as I know it is - I've seen it on my (K)Ubuntu boxes, SuSE, RHEL, CentOS, etc On 11/3/06, Shawn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was not aware that *-release was a conventional thing. Sweet. Thanks. > > On 11/3/06, Warren Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think there is a /etc/<distro>-release file in every distro. on SuSE > it's > > /etc/SuSE-release > > CPU info can be gained from /proc/cpuinfo > > > > WMM > > > > On 11/3/06, Shawn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > List, > > > > > > I am writing a shell script that performs different tasks based on the > > > distribution, distro version, and architecture of the machine. I was > > > wondering if anybody had any surefire ways to perform this function. > > > I know you could do this by parsing the default /etc/issue, a > > > combination of uname parameters, etc. Red Hat has > > > /etc/redhat-release, etc. There are a number of things that you could > > > derive distribution information from. I'm just looking for the most > > > common, easiest-to-use indicators. SLES9/10 and RHEL3/4 are most > > > important. > > > > > > -- > > > Shawn Hood > > > (910) 670-1819 Mobile > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://warrenmyers.com > > "God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going > on > > with the prime numbers." --Paul Erd?s > > "It's not possible. We are the type of people who have everything in our > > favor going against us." --Ben Jarhvi, Short Circuit 2 > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > -- > Shawn Hood > (910) 670-1819 Mobile > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > -- http://warrenmyers.com "God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers." --Paul Erd?s "It's not possible. We are the type of people who have everything in our favor going against us." --Ben Jarhvi, Short Circuit 2 -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
