On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 12:50:10PM +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > Eric Tanguy wrote: > >Is there a command to obtain the name of the distribution (ie Fedora > >GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang)) from command line ? > > cat /etc/redhat-release > > Works for all RedHat-based distros (e.g. RHEL, Fedora). It also works for Tao - the file is symlink'ed to /etc/tao-release. On Fedora, the file is a symlink to /etc/fedora-release. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program
