3 lsb_release \- print distribution-specific information
10 command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and
11 distribution-specific information.
13 If no options are given, the \fI\-v\fP option is assumed.
15 The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
16 options starting with two dashes (`\-\-').
17 A summary of options are included below.
20 Show the version of the LSB against which your current installation is
21 compliant. The version is expressed as a colon separated list of LSB
25 Display the distributor's ID.
27 .B \-d, \-\-description
28 Display a description of the currently installed distribution.
31 Display the release number of the currently installed distribution.
34 Display the code name of the currently installed distribution.
37 Display all of the above information.
40 Use the short output format for any information displayed. This
41 format omits the leading header(s).
44 Show summary of options.
46 This is a reimplementation of the
48 command provided by the Free Standards Group. Any bugs are solely the
49 responsibility of the author below.
51 Detection of systems using a mix of packages from various distributions
52 or releases is something of a black art; the current heuristic tends
53 to assume that the installation is of the earliest distribution which
54 is still being used by .B apt but that heuristic is subject to error.
58 Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>.