https://sourceforge.net/p/distro-id/home/Home/Recent changes to HomeenFri, 17 Jun 2011 21:57:58 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/distro-id/home/Home/<pre>--- v1 +++ v2 @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ -Welcome to your wiki! - -This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage]. - -The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/distro-id/home/markdown_syntax/) syntax. +distro-id +================================================================================ + +distro-id is a standalone POSIX-shell script used to identify a distribution. Output is modeled after lsb_release output to be easily parseable. distro-id has very few dependencies, and is intended to be functional in minimal OS installations. + +Target applications include out-of-distro applications that need to expose OS information (via SNMP, for example), or software that, for whatever reason, cannot test for a given interface and must instead rely on heuristics. If it is feasible to test for an interface, it is recommended to do so instead of making assumptions about a system. + +distro-id is designed to be a single, standalone shell script that can be copied and periodically resynced into software releases that make use of it - similar to config.sub/config.guess. </pre>Anonymous CowardFri, 17 Jun 2011 21:57:58 -0000https://sourceforge.net0da6280c3f542ccea25887ad296a288c6f309929https://sourceforge.net/p/distro-id/home/Home/Welcome to your wiki! This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage]. The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/distro-id/home/markdown_syntax/) syntax. Anonymous CowardFri, 17 Jun 2011 21:57:55 -0000https://sourceforge.net7afe7156d1aa480c874dc568b0c783d61a35a5a8