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Re: [PLUG] Determining the underlying distro
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Hi
There are already files /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. This is used
for login process. Most of the distributions put their name and release
number in that file.
With regards
Antony
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 13:06 -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote:
> We currently have an extensive automated regression test suite that
> runs on multiple Linux distros, including RH, straight Debian, and
> [K]ubuntu, with SuSE to follow shortly. Is there an easy way to check
> what the underlying Linux distribution is? I suppose when installing
> the OS, we could create a /etc/distro, but that seems so... well I am
> not sure what the word is, maybe "uncool".
>
> Thanx muchly in advance.
>
> -- Bhaskar
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