Who to check what version of debian I have?

[RobinVossen]

Well, I have a question.
How can I check what version of debian I have??
I need to know if I run lenny or etch.. I tryed 'uname -a' but that didnt give any help.

What is the best way to check what version of Debian I run? (I didnt install this box myself.. So I dont know who did enter what cd so thats also no help.)

[Ogion]

Try
cat /proc/version
That should do the trick. At least on my Etch
(There was a file called issue, from which i thought it'd be in /proc, but i couldn'T find it)

Ogion

[RobinVossen]

Thanks
Debian 4.1.1-21
Damn..

Well, thank you

[daark.child]

Another method is

$cat /etc/*release

[Ogion]

Ah, sure, it was
cat /etc/issue
There the output is somewhat nicer, like:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 \n \l

Ogion

[RobinVossen]

The Issue works.
The *release doesnt..

Cheers.

[daark.child]

Thats weird. Can you check is there is a file named /etc/release or /etc/debian-release? Most distros have one of those files and it would be a bit strange if Debian didn't.

[RobinVossen]

Well,
the output of

find / -name *release* >> daark
cat daark

is

/proc/sys/kernel/osrelease
/home/usr/gentoo/etc/gentoo-release

So, the Gentoo System thats in my homefolder has one.
Debian does not

[daark.child]

Must be a Debian thing.

[RobinVossen]

Yea, I noticed that Debian always wants to be a little diffrent then the rest.
eg. Icedove and Iceweasel..
Anyhow thanks alot. I know what to do now