Guillermo Garron wrote: > Hi, > > How do I check which version of CENTOS am I running? > CentOS 4.2 or 4.4? > /usr/bin/lsb_release -a should work everywhere, even when people have bastardised their /etc/redhat-release -- -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 <at> icq
William L. Maltby spake the following on 9/1/2006 4:05 AM: > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:05 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> /usr/bin/lsb_release > > Is it just me or does man and/or info for this provide gibberish? OK here. Just finished an update 30 minutes ago. -- -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
William L. Maltby wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:05 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > >> /usr/bin/lsb_release >> > > Is it just me or does man and/or info for this provide gibberish? > Most people mistakenly assume 'man' is an abbreviation for manual.. but really it's an acronym for 'm'uch 'a'bout 'n'othing. However, since most developers think it stands for manual, at least some of them contain really useful information.
On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 07:05:21AM -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:05 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > /usr/bin/lsb_release > > Is it just me or does man and/or info for this provide gibberish? Seem ok here. -- -- Rodrigo Barbosa "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 12:12 -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 07:05:21AM -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:05 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > > /usr/bin/lsb_release > > > > Is it just me or does man and/or info for this provide gibberish? > > Seem ok here. Thanks for the comeback. I'm sure you've seen my other replies now, so I'll spare you. > <snip sig stuff> Thanks again, -- Bill
On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 07:05:21AM -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:05 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > /usr/bin/lsb_release
William, you forgot the " -a" option from Karanbir's email.
>
> Is it just me or does man and/or info for this provide gibberish?
it's you:
$ /usr/bin/lsb_release -a (from Karanbir's mail)
LSB Version: :core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS release 4.4 (Final)
Release: 4.4
Codename: Final
FSG(1) FSG FSG(1)
NAME
FSG - manual page for FSG lsb_release v2.0
...
With no OPTION specified defaults to -v.
OPTIONS
-v, --version
Display the version of the LSB specification against which the
distribution is compliant.
<...>
Tru
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On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 13:54 +0200, Tru Huynh wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 07:05:21AM -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:05 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > > /usr/bin/lsb_release
> William, you forgot the " -a" option from Karanbir's email.
He-he! Nope! You forgot to slow down and read! See the next line.
> >
> > Is it just me or does man and/or info for this provide gibberish?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And since it's early and I have no shame anyway, I found the problem ...
in the "wetware" :P I forgot to slow down and *think*, a much larger
sin!
man /usr/bin/lsb_release is *NOT* the same as man lsb_release
I would blame it on lack of sleep, but that would be a lie.
>
> it's you:
You got that part right regardless of which problem you addressed! =:)
> $ /usr/bin/lsb_release -a (from Karanbir's mail)
> <snip>
> Tru
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On 01/09/06, William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill@...> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:05 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > /usr/bin/lsb_release > > Is it just me or does man and/or info for this provide gibberish? It's fine here, though this system's still running 4.3.
On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 12:20 +0100, Will McDonald wrote: > On 01/09/06, William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill@...> wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:05 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > > /usr/bin/lsb_release > > > > Is it just me or does man and/or info for this provide gibberish? > > It's fine here, though this system's still running 4.3. Found it in the wetware! See my reply to Tru! > <snip sig stuff> Thanks for the reply though. I don't always get one on such a post. Thx again, -- Bill
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