[olug] Detect active kernel version

[Brian Roberson]

/proc/version always has the kernel version but is a linux-ism, uname is a
unix-ism that you should always depend on. I just thought I would throw out
/proc/version as I am sure most people on the list do not even know what the
/proc filesystem even is.....



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hinrichs" <jlh at home.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] Detect active kernel version


> root at pilot /sbin]# cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.4.9-6 (bhcompile at stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version
> 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-85)) #1 Thu Oct 18 09:22:43 EDT 2001
>
> [root at pilot /sbin]# uname -r
> 2.4.9-6
>
> On redhat /prov/version returns the RH version but not the kernel.  Which
is
> helpful to know, but I was after the kernel and chad's tip of uname -r
gets
> me what i was after.
>
> thanks,
> jeff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Roberson" <roberson at bstc.net>
> To: <olug at bstc.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] Detect active kernel version
>
>
> > cat /proc/version
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Hinrichs" <jlh at home.com>
> > To: <olug at bstc.net>
> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 10:52 AM
> > Subject: [olug] Detect active kernel version
> >
> >
> > > How can I tell what kernel version is currently active from a remote
> > > session?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > jeff
> > >
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