Determining linux distribution

[John Vetterli]

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005, dan sinclair wrote:
> You could try something like
> cat /etc/*-release
> Redhat, SuSe and Gentoo at least seem to stick a release file
> in /etc....

You might also want to try /etc/*-version.  Slackware has an 
/etc/slackware-version file; this might work for some other distro too.

I know Debian has a /etc/debian-<something> file.

My 2 cents, with no GST!
JV
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