You could try: cat /etc/issue ##Fedora box: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /etc/issue Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz) Kernel \r on an \m
##Debian box: jpa:~# cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 \n \l ##Ubuntu box: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 7.04 \n \l On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:07:09 +0200 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/10/2007, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I guess there won't be one place to look in all OSs to discover > > which one it is. > > > > In OpenBSD, the first line of the dmesg is > > OpenBSD (version) (kernel version) > > > > In Debian, to know the version, you really have to look at the > > /etc/apt/sources_list, since /etc/debian_version only gets changed with > > each stable release; you can't tell the diff between testing and Sid. > > > > I don't know what Ubuntu looks like. > > > > The NetBSD and OpenBSD have a man afterboot. Then again, its easy to > > tell if you are running a Linux or a BSD. > > > > Doug. > > Thanks. I'll start familiarizing myself with the different outputs. > I'm no guru, and will never be one, but I like to know as much as I > can. Thank you. > > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > __-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__ -- ------------------------------ Marcello Barreto de Medeiros Network Admin/Programmer +55 84 3231 4617 [Office] +55 84 9914 3254 [Mobile] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [MSN] Linconet Brasil ------------------------------
