Re: distro name

["Jim C." <jcllings javahop com>]

> >  $ cat /etc/fedora-release
> >  Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)
> >  $ ls -l /etc/redhat-release
> >  lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 14 May 29 18:49 /etc/redhat-release -> fedora-release

Crap.  Check this out:

[root@enigma etc]# cat redhat-release mandrake-release
Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586
Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586

This is a poor way to do it though because it is not pan-unix.
Maybe something in /proc?

> IIRC pretty much all linux distros have /etc/<distroname>-release in 
> place, at least Debian, RH-variants (RHL, RHEL+rebuilds, FC), SuSE and 
> Mandrake have it, making it probably the best option.
>
>
> >  $ cat /etc/issue
> >  Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)
> >  Kernel \r on an \m
> >
> > Perhaps /etc/issue is more generic? getty outputs this file with
> > uname -x replacing \x.
>
>
> Looking at /etc/issue is a BAD idea because that's a system configuration
> file. People put legalese ("unauthorized use prohibited")  and such in
> there, can't be depended on.
>
> 	- Panu -
>
>
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