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Andy Dougherty [doughera@lafayette.edu] quoth: *>I'm currently trying to patch Configure to tell you the Linux *>distribution (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, others as folks supply the *>information), and I'm unsure of how to best parse RedHat's *>/etc/redhat-release file. I have the following 1 example: *> *> Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman) Thou art most brave :) [root@tpair /root]# cat /etc/redhat-release release 5.1 (Manhattan) you could test for the 'redhat-release' file to note it as 'RedHat Linux' and use the release number contained therein. e.Thread Previous | Thread Next