uname output ?

Jeff Macdonald jeff.macdonald at virtualbuilder.com
Mon Aug 19 14:21:03 EDT 2002


Ok, how about /proc/version?

[jeff at server1 jeff]$ more /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot)
[jeff at server1 jeff]$ more /proc/version
Linux version 2.2.17-14.8RS (root at rh62-build.rackspace.com) (gcc version
egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release))
 #1 Fri Apr 13 01:58:55 CDT 2001
[jeff at server1 jeff]$ uname -a
Linux server1.virtualbuilder.com 2.2.17-14.8RS #1 Fri Apr 13 01:58:55
CDT 2001 i586 unknown
[jeff at server1 jeff]$

and


[parser at jmacdonald-work mail-parser]$ more /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla)
[parser at jmacdonald-work mail-parser]$ more /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.18-4 (bhcompile at stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc
version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1
Thu May 2 18:47:38 EDT 2002
[parser at jmacdonald-work mail-parser]$ uname -a
Linux jmacdonald-work.e-dialog.com 2.4.18-4 #1 Thu May 2 18:47:38 EDT
2002 i686 unknown

Still a chore to parse.....


On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 13:50, Jeff Macdonald wrote:
> How about using GCC?
> 
> $ gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs
> gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-112)
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 11:26, Michael O'Donnell wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > I'm curious; just how do you identify if a system is Debian or
> > > Red Hat?  I've yet to find a reliable method.
> > 
> > Wouldn't the presence of (some combination of) the various
> > apt-related directories be a reliable sign that you had
> > a Debian box?  Like, say, /etc/apt, /var/cache/apt and
> > /var/lib/apt.  Bonus points for /etc/debian_version...
> > 
> > I don't know much about RedHat but I'd assume the
> > corresponding RPM stuff could serve the same purpose.
> > 
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