Re: version that was installed

2015-03-14 Thread Bob Proulx
James wrote: > Andreas Rönnquist wrote: > > Why doesn't /etc/issue say 7.8 though? > > Not much of an answer, but in addition to /etc/issue there is > > also /etc/debian_version, which does give 7.8. > > Thanks. > There should be standard file for all distros. :-) Oh but there is! The Linux Stan

Re: version that was installed

2015-03-14 Thread David Christensen
On 03/14/2015 09:16 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: It's called os-release (man 7 os-release) 2015-03-14 09:28:56 dpchrist@i72600s ~ $ man 7 os-release No manual entry for os-release in section 7 2015-03-14 09:28:59 dpchrist@i72600s ~ $ man os-release No manual entry for os-release 2015-03-14 09:30:

Re: version that was installed

2015-03-14 Thread David Christensen
On 03/14/2015 08:15 AM, James wrote: I wanted to go to the Debian web site and get the bittorrent so I could seed it. The directory looks like there is more than one iso The installed version is: $ cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 7 \n \l The label on my flash drive is: Debian wheezy 20150114-03:5

Re: version that was installed

2015-03-14 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 14.03.2015 um 17:11 schrieb James: > > > On 03/14/2015 11:40 AM, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: >> On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:15:00 -0400, >> >> >> Why doesn't /etc/issue say 7.8 though? >> Not much of an answer, but in addition to /etc/issue there is >> also /etc/debian_version, which does give 7.8. >

Re: version that was installed

2015-03-14 Thread James
On 03/14/2015 11:40 AM, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:15:00 -0400, Why doesn't /etc/issue say 7.8 though? Not much of an answer, but in addition to /etc/issue there is also /etc/debian_version, which does give 7.8. Thanks. There should be standard file for all distros. :-)

Re: version that was installed

2015-03-14 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:15:00 -0400, James wrote: >I wanted to go to the Debian web site and get the bittorrent so I >could seed it. > >The directory looks like there is more than one iso > >The installed version is: >$ cat /etc/issue >Debian GNU/Linux 7 \n \l > >The label on my flash drive is: >De

version that was installed

2015-03-14 Thread James
I wanted to go to the Debian web site and get the bittorrent so I could seed it. The directory looks like there is more than one iso The installed version is: $ cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 7 \n \l The label on my flash drive is: Debian wheezy 20150114-03:59 I suspect I installed from a si