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−.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
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−
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−================
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− Detect OS info
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−================
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−.. contents::
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−   :local:
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−
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−uname
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−=====
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−::
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−
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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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−
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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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−
+
−Linux version files
+
−===================
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−
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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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−
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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 info
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−===================
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−
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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
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−``/var/log/messages``::
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−
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−  $ cat /etc/issue
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−
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−or::
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−
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−  $ cat /proc/version
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−
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−Even if you run a custom kernel, you might still get hints from the gcc version
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−like this 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
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−
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−'lsb_release' command
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−=====================
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−::
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−
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−  $ sudo apt-get install lsb-release
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−
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−  $ lsb_release -s -i
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−  Debian
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−
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−  $ lsb_release -s -c
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−  squeeze
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−
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−  $ lsb_release -s -r
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−  6.0
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−