[ale] Am I Linux?

[NEWCOMBE at aa.csc.peachnet.edu (Daniel Newcombe)]

>     if ( -e /etc/lilo || -e /sbin/lilo ) then
> One also could test for the existence of /etc/version and grep for Linux in
> it.  With the inappropriate syntax this could be used for other shells too.

What if you don't use Lilo, but have Loadlin, or one of the many 
other boot loaders?   I always thought that the "standard" way of 
seeing what you were on was to do
   uname -a
and pulling back that info.   A lot more portable.

Dan Newcombe
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