Re: How to detect the distribution?

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From: Erik de Castro Lopo
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:00

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Marc Greene wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:47:27 +0100, WEBAUKTION.CH <info@webauktion.ch> wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >How can I find out about the distribution and the version number on a linux
> >shell??
> >
> 
> cat /etc/issue
> 
> Works on my system (Redhat)
> 

hendrix > cat /etc/issue 

Welcome to Linux 2.0.34.

Hmmmm, seems it doesn't work on my (much hacked) Slackware system.

Erik
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: How to detect the distribution?
Date: 1998/11/01
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