Re: uname distro?

most distros i know will have a file such as:
/etc/slackware-version
/etc/redhat-version
/etc/debian-version
i am not sure about others, but if the file is there, it's usually a 
pretty good indication of the distro type, and it's version number...

Jok


On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Robin Rowe wrote:

> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:51:30 -0800
> From: Robin Rowe <[email protected]>
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> Subject: [Linuxmovies-general] uname distro?
> 
> Is there a uname-like command to tell what distro a machine is running? How 
> do folks managing a group of machines with different distros/versions keep it 
> straight what's where?
>
> Robin
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