On 3/9/06, Michael Bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I could be wrong, but I think the traditional way to do that is using
> > > the 'uname' command. On Linux, calling 'uname' alone will return
> > > 'Linux'; on some Irix systems I have access too, it looks like 'IRIX64';
> > > on the AIX system, I get "AIX"; HP-UX says "HP-UX"; etc. If the output
> > > is not clear enough, I usually try the "-a" parameter. If that doesn't
> > > help, post again, and we can probably help.
>
> You can also do the following:
> echo $OSTYPE
> This will return 'linux' on a linux machine or on AIX 'aix4.3' things like
> that.
Is there any way to tell what flavor of Linux is running?
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