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     2 

     3 * uname -a

     4 

     5   $ uname -a

     6   Linux poly.tech-recipes.com 2.6.5-1.358 #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386

     7   GNU/Linux

     8 

     9     kernel name:     Linux

    10     hostname:        poly.tech-recipes.com

    11     kernel release:  2.6.5-1.358

    12     kernel version:  #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004

    13 

    14 

    15 * Linux

    16 

    17 ** osinfo command.

    18 

    19 You can use the osinfo command to determine which distribution you use.

    20 

    21 ** Version files.

    22 

    23 See for file `/etc/<distroname>-version' or `/etc/<distroname>-release'.

    24 

    25   $ cat determine-os.sh

    26     #!/bin/sh

    27     [ -e /etc/SuSE-release ] && echo This is a SuSE system.

    28     [ -e /etc/redhat-release ] && echo This is a redhat system.

    29     [ -e /etc/fedora-release ] && echo This is a fedora system.

    30     [ -e /etc/debian-version ] && echo This is a debian system.

    31     [ -e /etc/slackware-version ] && echo This is a slackware system.

    32 

    33 See also list:

    34   Novell SuSE

    35     /etc/SuSE-release

    36   Red Hat

    37     /etc/redhat-release, /etc/redhat_version

    38   Fedora

    39     /etc/fedora-release

    40   Slackware

    41     /etc/slackware-release, /etc/slackware-version

    42   Debian

    43     /etc/debian_release, /etc/debian_version,

    44   Mandrake

    45     /etc/mandrake-release

    46   Yellow dog

    47     /etc/yellowdog-release

    48   Sun JDS

    49     /etc/sun-release

    50   Solaris/Sparc

    51     /etc/release

    52   Gentoo

    53     /etc/gentoo-release

    54 

    55 ** Kernel version information.

    56 

    57 Commonly, distributions will leave tags in the kernel version string to identify

    58 themselves. This can be found in the log files like /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages.

    59 

    60   $ cat /etc/issue

    61 

    62 or

    63 

    64   $ cat /proc/version

    65 

    66 Even if you run a custom kernel, you might still get hints from the gcc version like this

    67 one line from /var/log/syslog:

    68 

    69   Feb 20 05:54:07 sarge kernel: nf3 (root@sarge) (gcc version 3.4.4 20050314 (prerelease)

    70   (Debian 3.4.3-13sarge1)) #1 PREEMPT Thu Nov 16 20:31:43 CET 2006