Determining Linux Release

[James Bourne]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Hearn, Stan J. wrote:

> I need to determine the version of Linux in a script.
>
> I would prefer to use the uname command.  I use that currently for Solaris.  But that really only gives me the kernel version in Linux.  Right?
>
> With Redhat I could use the /etc/redhat-release, but would that work for other flavors like Fedora, CentOS, etc...?  Is there a standard for Linux based distros to use /etc/*-release to identify itself?

This file exists in all the flavours of redhat that I know of including
centos and FC.

Regards
James

>
> Thanks,
> Stan
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