# Determine the Linux distribution and version that is being run. # # Check for GNU/Linux distributions if [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then DISTRIBUTION="suse" elif [ -f /etc/UnitedLinux-release ]; then DISTRIBUTION="united" elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then DISTRIBUTION="debian" elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then DISTRIBUTION="rh" else DISTRIBUTION="unknown" fi ### VERSION=`rpm -q redhat-release | sed -e 's#redhat[-]release[-]##'` case ${DISTRIBUTION} in rh) VERSION=`cat /etc/redhat-release | sed -e 's#[^0-9]##g' -e 's#7[0-2]#73#'` ;; debian) VERSION=`cat /etc/debian_version` if [ ${VERSION} = "testing/unstable" ]; then # The debian testing/unstable version must be translated into # a numeric version number, but no number makes sense so just # remove the version all together. VERSION="" fi ;; suse) VERSION=`cat /etc/SuSE-release | grep 'VERSION' | sed -e 's#[^0-9]##g'` ;; united) VERSION=`cat /etc/UnitedLinux-release` ;; *) VERSION='00' ;; esac; echo ${DISTRIBUTION}${VERSION}