Re: command to answer "what's your OS"

[Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org>]

Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Recently in webland I was asked
>
> > What is your OS?
>
> I wanted a single command that would say Debian GNU/Linux,
> $ uname -a #no "Debian"
> Linux jidanni1 2.6.7-1-k7 #1 Thu Jul 8 06:45:35 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
> $ cat /etc/debian_version #doesn't say GNU/Linux.
> testing/unstable
> $ grep free /etc/motd #kind of sloppy
> The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
>
> Therefore there is no single standard command that says Debian GNU/Linux.

cat /etc/issue or cat /etc/issue.net

Also works on Slackware[all I have access to] so it seems standard.

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