Thanks Matt, I was looking for something more generic (redhat centric) but,
hey, I asked a redhat devel list, didn't I?
;)
-Jesse
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Fahrner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:23 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: System Type
Try "/etc/redhat-release".
- Matt
Jesse Noller wrote:
>
> I have a quick question for everyone, I have to write an installation
script
> for a piece of software on linux, however, this product is supported on
> multiple distribution types. I need some definitive way of determining a
> SYSTYPE variable to the tune of
>
> cat /path/to/item | grep Redhat
>
> Etc...
>
> The distributions do handle things differently, but some common piece must
> be shared. I was originally figuring on doing a cat on /proc/version,
> however, this only greps out the current kernel version, and on machines
> with custom kernels, is basically useless.
>
> Any help would be nice
>
> -Jesse Noller
> Linux Systems Lead
> Allaire Corp
>
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