Re: operating system type
| From: | Steve Buehler | Date: | Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:15:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: operating system type | ||
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Good points. I guess i will just have to hope that the /etc/issue file is correct.
Thanks
Steve
At 01:02 PM 4/25/2002, you wrote:
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Steve Buehler wrote: Does anybody know if there is a way for php to get the operating system type from a linux box? I know how to get the kernel version, but not the operating version/type. example. RedHat Linux 6.1 or 6.2 or 7.1, etc.... That's probably pretty tricky. What is a Redhat installation? What is it after half the files have been gutted and replaced with packages from elsewhere or source-built binaries? Once /etc/issue gets changed, there's nothing that conclusively identifies the machine as RedHat except for an arbitrary assortment of files and directories that may or may not be intact. miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php