The new LSB command lsb_release is ready for download, review, and usage: https://sourceforge.net/project/filelist.php?group_id=1107 The source can be found at: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/bin/lsb_release-1.0/?cvsroot=lsb GNU/Linux distributors, please consider including this in your product. Thanks, George Kraft IV gk4@us.ibm.com 512-838-2688; t/l 678-2688