On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 18:11 +0100, Graham Cossey wrote: > On 7/28/06, Sean Bruno <sean.bruno@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 09:07 -0700, bruce wrote: > > > hi... > > > > > > uname -s gives a great deal of information about the kernel... > > > > > > how can i tell which version of FC i have on a box?? > > > > > > > > rpm -q fedora-release > > > Just what I was looking for, however what format is the result? > > fedora-release-2-4 > > Is that FC2 or FC4? I'm assuming FC2. > > Sorry, but it's been so long since I touched this. The official way to find it is to "cat /etc/redhat-release". On Fedora machines, /etc/redhat-release is a symlink to /etc/fedora-release. Alternately, you can "cat /etc/issue". I wouldn't bother with looking at the RPM version number. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Dyslexics of the world: UNTIE! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
