FC1 vs FC2 vs FC3

[Tyler Larson]

daly at rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu wrote:
> Is there a reliable way to know what version of Fedora Core is running? 
> I need to write a shell script to distinguish the cases. 
> uname does not seem to provide this information in a form I can use.
> 
> Tim
> 

cat /etc/redhat-release

'course, then you start running into various definitions of "reliable" -- 
which usually stem from differences in the definition of the word "version."

I've run across machines that have most of the software normally found on, for 
example, redhat 7.3, but claim to be running 7.1. Such boxes are usually 
installed with one operating system release, but gradually upgraded to keep up 
with later releases, though never officially installing or upgrading to the 
newest release.

You'll have better luck checking the version of the particular package(s) 
you're interested in interacting with, in most cases.