command to find the flavour of linux 7197

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I'm sorry to have to tell you that you have an impossible requirement.

That's because the OSisLinux.

You shouldnt have to do that if your application is designed correctly. The location that you copy the file to should be well known and standard.

You cannot.

Certainly, there may be a file inetc that, for unmodified SuSE installations, carries the name and version number of the SuSE release, but there is no guarantee that such a file exists, or that the sysadm of the system will retain it intact, if at all.

Your best bet is to make your application put it's file into one of the standard well known places.

Your second best bet is to have the your applicationaskthe operator where to put the file.

The third best bet is to have your application's installation routineaskthe operator where to place the files, and store that response in a configuration file in a well-known place.

Your fourth best bet is to have your application's installation routineaskthe operator which Linux distribution and version it is being installed in, and have the application make an buttumption as to where to store the file, based on the response to the question and a table of distribution-version to location values. Store the derived location in a configuration file in a well known place

Finnaly, your fifths best bet is to have your applicationaskthe operator which Linux distribution and version it is being executed in, and have the application make an buttumption as to where to store the file, based on the response to the question and a table of distribution-version to location values.

- -- Lew Pitcher

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