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How to find out in a regular way the info about Linux system and libc version?

Simon Marlow writes

Try 'uname -a' & 'ls -l /lib/libc*'.

uname -a Linux ...<machine>... 2.2.12 #6 SMP mar oct 5 16:44:59 CEST 1999 i686 unknown ls -l /lib/libc* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4118299 Sep 20 1999 /lib/libc-2.1.2.so* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 5 1999 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.1.2.so* lrwxrwxrwx 1 ... 1999 /lib/libcom_err.so.2 -> libcom_err.so.2.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7889 Oct 26 1999 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64595 Sep 20 1999 /lib/libcrypt-2.1.2.so* lrwxrwxrwx 1 .. 1999 /lib/libcrypt.so.1 -> libcrypt-2.1.2.so* But how to find whether it is RedHat (version) ? On GMP library:

find /usr/lib -name '*gmp*'

/usr/lib/libgmp.so.2.0.2 /usr/lib/libgmp.so.2 find: /usr/lib/netscape/de/nethelp: Permission ... /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/linux/igmp.ph /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/netinet/igmp.ph ? ----------------- Serge Mechveliani mechvel@botik.ru