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NAME
       FSG - manual page for FSG lsb_release v2.0-SuSE

SYNOPSIS
       lsb_release [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       FSG  lsb_release v2.0-SuSE prints certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and
       Distribution 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, DIS-
       TRIB_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 (C) 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-SuSE        October 2013                           FSG(1)

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