FC1 vs FC2 vs FC3

[Tim Daly]

Is there a reliable way to know what version of Fedora Core is running? 
I need to write a shell script to distinguish the cases. 
uname does not seem to provide this information in a form I can use.

Tim

[Rex Dieter]

daly(a)rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu wrote:
>  Is there a reliable way to know what version of Fedora Core is
> running? 
>  I need to write a shell script to distinguish the cases. 
>  uname does not seem to provide this information in a form I can use. 
Parse /etc/redhat-release

-- Rex

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 14:13 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
>  daly(a)rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu wrote:
>  > Is there a reliable way to know what version of Fedora Core is running? 
>  > I need to write a shell script to distinguish the cases. 
>  > uname does not seem to provide this information in a form I can use.
>  
>  Parse /etc/redhat-release
>   
rpm -q fedora-release

-sv

[Nick Bargnesi]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:17:58 -0500, seth vidal <skvidal(a)phy.duke.edu&gt; wrote:
>  On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 14:13 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
>  > daly(a)rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu wrote:
>  > > Is there a reliable way to know what version of Fedora Core is running?
>  > > I need to write a shell script to distinguish the cases.
>  > > uname does not seem to provide this information in a form I can use.
>  >
>  > Parse /etc/redhat-release
>  >
>  
>  rpm -q fedora-release
>  
>  -sv 
cat /etc/fedora-release | cut -d ' ' -f4


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[André Kelpe]

Am Do, den 13.01.2005 schrieb Nick Bargnesi um 21:20:

>  cat /etc/fedora-release | cut -d ' ' -f4
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Useless use of cat and pipe :-P

cut -d ' ' -f4 /etc/fedora-release

André

[Rudi Chiarito]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 09:55:26PM +0100, André Kelpe wrote:
>  cut -d ' ' -f4 /etc/fedora-release 
Needless use of an external binary!
With bash:

VER=($(< /etc/fedora-release))

You can now just use array element VER[3]:

  echo ${VER[3]}

or

  VER=${VER[3]}

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[Michael A. Peters]

On 01/13/2005 01:37:09 PM, Rudi Chiarito wrote:
>  On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 09:55:26PM +0100, André Kelpe wrote:
>  > cut -d ' ' -f4 /etc/fedora-release
>  
>  Needless use of an external binary!
>  With bash:
>  
>  VER=($(< /etc/fedora-release))
>  
>  You can now just use array element VER[3]:
>  
>    echo ${VER[3]}
>  
>  or
>  
>    VER=${VER[3]}
>  
>  --
>  Rudi
>  
That should be ported to c for performance. ;)

[Tim Daly]

can't i just read it out of /proc/kcore?

cheese, ask a simple question, get an education.... :-)

[Jeff Pitman]

On Friday 14 January 2005 10:16, Tim Daly wrote:
>  cheese, ask a simple question, get an education.... :-) 
Want another fun way?

$ lsb_release -rs
3

Of course, this requires the redhat-lsb package.

enjoy,
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-jeff

[Peter Backlund]

tor 2005-01-13 klockan 15:17 -0500 skrev seth vidal:
>  On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 14:13 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
>  > daly(a)rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu wrote:
>  > > Is there a reliable way to know what version of Fedora Core is running? 
>  > > I need to write a shell script to distinguish the cases. 
>  > > uname does not seem to provide this information in a form I can use.
>  > 
>  > Parse /etc/redhat-release
>  > 
>  
>  rpm -q fedora-release 
rpm -q --qf "%{version}\n" fedora-release

should be water-proof :-)

/Peter

[Casper Pedersen]

daly(a)rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu wrote:

> Is there a reliable way to know what version of Fedora Core is
> running? 
> I need to write a shell script to distinguish the cases. 
> uname does not seem to provide this information in a form I can use.
>
> Tim
>
>   
>  
cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)

or

rpm -qf /etc/redhat-release
fedora-release-3-8


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[Tyler Larson]

daly(a)rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu wrote:
>  Is there a reliable way to know what version of Fedora Core is
> running? 
>  I need to write a shell script to distinguish the cases. 
>  uname does not seem to provide this information in a form I can use.
>  
>  Tim
>   
cat /etc/redhat-release

'course, then you start running into various definitions of "reliable" -- 
which usually stem from differences in the definition of the word "version."

I've run across machines that have most of the software normally found on, for 
example, redhat 7.3, but claim to be running 7.1. Such boxes are usually 
installed with one operating system release, but gradually upgraded to keep up 
with later releases, though never officially installing or upgrading to the 
newest release.

You'll have better luck checking the version of the particular package(s) 
you're interested in interacting with, in most cases.