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тАО05-14-2009 09:23 PM
тАО05-14-2009 09:23 PM
Determining the distribution of the Linux operating system
I am looking at a way to determine the Linux operating system version on RedHat and SuSE releases.
Is there a RedHat/Novell recommended file which we can lookup to find out the OS version, which is persistent and is not intended to be changed by the users?
I am currently using 'cat /proc/version' to find out if its RHEL or SLES and the contents of /etc/issue.net file to find the actual distribution.
Thanks,
Veena
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тАО05-14-2009 10:01 PM
тАО05-14-2009 10:01 PM
Re: Determining the distribution of the Linux operating system
on redhat :
/etc/redhat-release
for example :
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 3)
-Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)
-Red Hat Linux Advanced Server release 2.1AS (Pensacola)
-Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 4)
.....
on Suse :
/etc/SuSE-release
for example :
-SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (x86_64)
VERSION = 10
-SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (x86_64)
VERSION = 9
PATCHLEVEL = 3
mikap
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тАО05-15-2009 03:40 AM
тАО05-15-2009 03:40 AM
Re: Determining the distribution of the Linux operating system
on suse /etc/SuSE-release
you can also find out through uname -a the kernal version
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тАО05-15-2009 03:51 AM
тАО05-15-2009 03:51 AM
Re: Determining the distribution of the Linux operating system
I would use uname -a
That should give you enough information to determine the release.
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тАО05-16-2009 02:02 PM
тАО05-16-2009 02:02 PM
Re: Determining the distribution of the Linux operating system
See "man lsb_release" or http://www.unixtutorial.org/commands/lsb_release/ for more information.
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тАО05-17-2009 01:46 AM
тАО05-17-2009 01:46 AM
Re: Determining the distribution of the Linux operating system
'SPident -vv' informs you about every details, e.g your current OS Version and Level, and updates that has been installed etc.
Regards
Maaz