lsb_release

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NAME
       FSG - manual page for FSG lsb_release v2.0

SYNOPSIS
       lsb_release [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       FSG lsb_release v2.0 prints certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and Dis-
       tribution information.

       With no OPTION specified defaults to -v.

OPTIONS
       -v, --version

	      Display the version of the LSB specification against which  the
	      distribution is compliant.

       -i, --id

	      Display the string id of the distributor.

       -d, --description

	      Display the single line text description of the distribution.

       -r, --release

	      Display the release number of the distribution.

       -c, --codename

	      Display the codename according to the distribution release.

       -a, --all

	      Display all of the above information.

       -s, --short

	      Use  short  output  format  for  information requested by other
	      options (or version if none).

       -h, --help

	      Display this message.

FILES
       If the installation is  LSB  compliant,	the  "/etc/lsb-release"	 file
       should  contain	the LSB_VERSION field.	The value of the field should
       be a colon separated list of supported module versions indicating  the
       LSB  specification  modules to which the installation is compliant. If
       the installation is not compliant,  the	above  field  should  not  be
       present.

       Optional	 fields	 are  DISTRIB_ID,  DISTRIB_RELEASE, DISTRIB_CODENAME,
       DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION and can be used to override information  which  is
       parsed from the "/etc/distrib-release" file.

       If the "/etc/lsb-release.d" directory exists, it is searched for file-
       names which are taken as additional module-version strings to  add  to
       LSB_VERSION.

       The  "/etc/distrib-release"  file contains a description line which is
       parsed to get information (especially on currently  non-LSB  compliant
       systems).

       The required line style is:
       "Distributor release x.x (Codename)"

       Where  Distributor  can	be  a  couple of words, but then concatenated
       (i.e. Linux Foo BarLinux Linux -> FooBarLinux),
       x.x starts with a digit followed by any non-blank characters, Codename
       will also be concatenated (blanks cleanup only).

       release	may  not  be  used as a keyword in DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION if you
       don’t want to override "/etc/distrib-release" data.

       Notice: To support the Debian distributions’ lack of information	 (see
       "/etc/debian_version"  file)  some  have	 been directly added into the
       lsb_release script.

EXAMPLES
       If the "/etc/lsb-release" file contains:

       LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-ia64:core-2.0-noarch"
       DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="I enjoy using my distrib"

       and the "/etc/lsb-release.d" directory contains:

       graphics-2.0-ia64    graphics-2.0-noarch

       and the "/etc/foobar-release" file contains:

       My Linux Distrib release 1.0RC4 (TryIt)

       Then the results of various options will be:

       $ ./lsb_release --all
       LSB Version:    core-2.0-ia64:core-2.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia64:graph-
       ics-2.0-noarch
       Distributor ID: MyDistrib
       Description:    I enjoy using my distrib
       Release:	       1.0RC4
       Codename:       TryIt

       $ ./lsb_release -a -s
       1.0 MyDistrib "I enjoy using my distrib" 1.0RC4 TryIt

       If  the	"/etc/lsb-release"  file is absent (indicating this is not an
       LSB compliant distribution), the result will be:

       $ ./lsb_release -a
       LSB Version:    n/a
       Distributor ID: MyDistrib
       Description:    My Linux Distrib release 1.0RC4 (TryIt)
       Release:	       1.0RC4
       Codename:       TryIt

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs at http://bugs.linuxbase.org.  Please include a  complete,
       self  contained	example that will allow the bug to be reproduced, and
       say which version of lsb_release you are using.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2000, 2002, 2004 Free Standards Group, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.	There
       is  NO  warranty;  not  even  for  MERCHANTABILITY  or  FITNESS	FOR A
       PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

       Originally written by Dominique MASSONIE.



FSG lsb_release v2.0		 August 2005			       FSG(1)