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−-*- outline -*-
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−
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−* uname -a
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−  $ uname -a
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−  Linux poly.tech-recipes.com 2.6.5-1.358 #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386
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−  GNU/Linux
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−    kernel name:     Linux
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−    hostname:        poly.tech-recipes.com
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−    kernel release:  2.6.5-1.358
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−    kernel version:  #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004
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−
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−
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−* Linux
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−
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−** osinfo command.
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−You can use the osinfo command to determine which distribution you use.
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−
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−** Version files.
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−See for file `/etc/<distroname>-version' or `/etc/<distroname>-release'.
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−
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−  $ cat determine-os.sh
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−    #!/bin/sh
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−    [ -e /etc/SuSE-release ] && echo This is a SuSE system.
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−    [ -e /etc/redhat-release ] && echo This is a redhat system.
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−    [ -e /etc/fedora-release ] && echo This is a fedora system.
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−    [ -e /etc/debian-version ] && echo This is a debian system.
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−    [ -e /etc/slackware-version ] && echo This is a slackware system.
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−
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−See also list:
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−  Novell SuSE
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−    /etc/SuSE-release
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−  Red Hat
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−    /etc/redhat-release, /etc/redhat_version
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−  Fedora
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−    /etc/fedora-release
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−  Slackware
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−    /etc/slackware-release, /etc/slackware-version
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−  Debian
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−    /etc/debian_release, /etc/debian_version,
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−  Mandrake
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−    /etc/mandrake-release
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−  Yellow dog
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−    /etc/yellowdog-release
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−  Sun JDS
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−    /etc/sun-release
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−  Solaris/Sparc
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−    /etc/release
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−  Gentoo
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−    /etc/gentoo-release
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−
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−** Kernel version information.
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−Commonly, distributions will leave tags in the kernel version string to identify
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−themselves. This can be found in the log files like /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages.
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−
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−  $ cat /etc/issue
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−or
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−  $ cat /proc/version
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−Even if you run a custom kernel, you might still get hints from the gcc version like this
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−one line from /var/log/syslog:
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−
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−  Feb 20 05:54:07 sarge kernel: nf3 (root@sarge) (gcc version 3.4.4 20050314 (prerelease)
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−  (Debian 3.4.3-13sarge1)) #1 PREEMPT Thu Nov 16 20:31:43 CET 2006