On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 02:55:15PM -0400, Andy Dougherty wrote: > 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) > > I'm guessing that the '6.1' is what would be most useful. Does anyone have > a variety of Red Hat systems around or enough familiarity with Red Hat to > say how stable that format is or give me other examples? I think the output of rpm -q --queryformat '%{VERSION}' redhat-release is your best bet. -- believing is seeing gaal@forum2.org http://www.forum2.org/gaal/Thread Previous | Thread Next