-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matt England wrote: > So I'm left with figuring out much harder ways to tell system revs > apart. I'm guessing I'm going to have to make an application which does > nothing but evaluate a system and report it's variant (Redhat vs SuSE > vs. Debian) and revision (Debian Woody/3.0, Sarge/3.1, etc).
If /etc/debian_version exists, then it's debian, and the file contents should be the version number (which will be "testing/unstable" if the user is not running a stable release). - -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL++++ P++++$ L+++>++++ E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e>++ h(--)>--- !r>+++ y->+++ - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDtZwPqlk5sZw9W7kRAodaAKCmDbp3MM60oB69qolr9VeBB6lo9wCffM0l QKgZSD5q6eve9kbzfPR0zrA= =82bv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]