Stephen Birch <sgbirch@imsmail.org> writes: > I need to find a way of identifying the name of an installed > distrobution. This mechanism should be able to differentiate To what end? Many people do not run "pure" releases, so the concept of a distro version is rather shaky at best (especially in debian which emphasizes fine-grained upgrades). -Miles -- Is it true that nothing can be known? If so how do we know this? -Woody Allen