Facter can help you there. Puppet uses it to determine a bunch of facts about your server. You don't have to have puppet to use it, if you use RHEL or Centos, you can get it through yum. If you run facter lsbdistrelease, will give your version.
On 8/8/11 4:30 PM, "Steve" <some1youk...@gmail.com> wrote: >That's good to know that there is '$operatingsystemrelease' built-in >variable. But I have other applications with version files and I need >to run specific class/command based on versions. Any suggestions how I >should go around it? > >On Aug 8, 2:52 pm, "Kinzel, David" <david.kin...@encana.com> wrote: >> >I'm trying to write a script that runs command based on version of >> >Redhat OS. For example, if the RHEL version is 6.0, it will run >> >command. I was able to write file read script in ruby that would read >> >file and execute but it didn't seem to work in puppet script. Has >> >anyone done something like this? >> >> Look at the pre-built $operatingsystemrelease fact before you try to >> roll your own. >> >> This email communication and any files transmitted with it may contain >>confidential and or proprietary information and is provided for the use >>of the intended recipient only. Any review, retransmission or >>dissemination of this information by anyone other than the intended >>recipient is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please >>contact the sender and delete this communication and any copies >>immediately. Thank you.http://www.encana.com > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Puppet Users" group. >To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
