How do I know which distro I am running on?

[James Conner]

Don't most distros use:
cat /etc/issue

Jim

On Thursday February 13, 2003 02:39 pm, Susan Macchia wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know how I can find out which distro I am running on?  I can
> use uname to find the kernel and basic OS (i686-Linux vs. ia64-Linux, for
> example), but I need to know more than that because the same combinations
> can be found on a variety of distros.
>
> TIA
>
> =====
> _____________________________
> Susan Macchia
> mailto:susan at smacchia.net

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