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diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 98320efe31..0000000000 --- a/man/os-release.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,350 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> -<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?> -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> - -<!-- - This file is part of systemd. - - Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering - - systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - Lesser General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License - along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ---> - -<refentry id="os-release"> - <refentryinfo> - <title>os-release</title> - <productname>systemd</productname> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <contrib>Developer</contrib> - <firstname>Lennart</firstname> - <surname>Poettering</surname> - <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> - </author> - </authorgroup> - </refentryinfo> - - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv> - <refname>os-release</refname> - <refpurpose>Operating system identification</refpurpose> - </refnamediv> - - <refsynopsisdiv> - <para><filename>/etc/os-release</filename></para> - </refsynopsisdiv> - - <refsect1> - <title>Description</title> - - <para>The <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> file - contains operating system identification data.</para> - - <para>The basic file format of - <filename>os-release</filename> is a newline-separated - list of environment-like shell-compatible variable - assignments. It is possible to source the - configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere - variable assignments no shell features are supported - (this means variable expansion is explicitly not - supported), allowing applications to read the file - without implementing a shell compatible execution - engine. Variable assignment values should be enclosed - in double or single quotes if they include spaces, - semicolons or other special characters outside of A-Z, - a-z, 0-9. All strings should be in UTF-8 format, and - non-printable characters should not be used. If double - or single quotes or backslashes are to be used within - variable assignments they should be escaped with - backslashes, following shell style. It is not - supported to concatenate multiple individually quoted - strings. Lines beginning with "#" shall be ignored as - comments.</para> - - <para><filename>/etc/os-release</filename> contains - data that is defined by the operating system vendor - and should not be changed by the administrator.</para> - - <para>As this file only encodes names and identifiers - it should not be localized.</para> - - <para>The file <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> might - be a symlink to another file, but it is important that - the file is available from earliest boot on, and hence - must be located on the root file system.</para> - - <para>For a longer rationale for - <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> please refer to - the <ulink - url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/os-release">Announcement of <filename>/etc/os-release</filename></ulink>.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Options</title> - - <para>The following OS identifications parameters may be set using - <filename>/etc/os-release</filename>:</para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>NAME=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>A string identifying - the operating system, without a - version component, and suitable for - presentation to the user. If not set - defaults to - <literal>NAME=Linux</literal>. Example: - <literal>NAME=Fedora</literal> or - <literal>NAME="Debian - GNU/Linux"</literal>.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>VERSION=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>A string identifying - the operating system version, - excluding any OS name information, - possibly including a release code - name, and suitable for presentation to - the user. This field is - optional. Example: - <literal>VERSION=17</literal> or - <literal>VERSION="17 (Beefy - Miracle)"</literal>.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>ID=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>A lower-case string - (no spaces or other characters outside - of 0-9, a-z, ".", "_" and "-") - identifying the operating system, - excluding any version information and - suitable for processing by scripts or - usage in generated file names. If not - set defaults to - <literal>ID=linux</literal>. Example: - <literal>ID=fedora</literal> or - <literal>ID=debian</literal>.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>ID_LIKE=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>A space-separated list - of operating system identifiers in the - same syntax as the - <varname>ID=</varname> setting. Should - list identifiers of operating systems - that are closely related to the local - operating system in regards to - packaging and programming interfaces, - for example listing one or more - OS identifiers the local - OS is a derivative from. An - OS should generally only list other OS - identifiers it itself is a derivative - from, and not any OSes that - are derived from it, but symmetric - relationships are possible. Build - scripts and similar should check this - variable if they need to identify the - local operating system and the value - of <varname>ID=</varname> is not - recognized. Operating systems should - be listed in order of how closely the - local operating system relates to the - listed ones, starting with the - closest. This field is - optional. Example: for an operating - system with - <literal>ID=centos</literal> an - assignment of <literal>ID_LIKE="rhel - fedora"</literal> would be - appropriate. For an operating system - with <literal>ID=ubuntu</literal> an - assignment of - <literal>ID_LIKE=debian</literal> is - appropriate.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>VERSION_ID=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>A lower-case string - (mostly numeric, no spaces or other - characters outside of 0-9, a-z, ".", - "_" and "-") identifying the operating - system version, excluding any OS name - information or release code name, and - suitable for processing by scripts or - usage in generated file names. This - field is optional. Example: - <literal>VERSION_ID=17</literal> or - <literal>VERSION_ID=11.04</literal>.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>PRETTY_NAME=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>A pretty operating - system name in a format suitable for - presentation to the user. May or may - not contain a release code name or OS - version of some kind, as suitable. If - not set defaults to - <literal>PRETTY_NAME="Linux"</literal>. Example: - <literal>PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 17 (Beefy - Miracle)"</literal>.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>ANSI_COLOR=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>A suggested - presentation color when showing the - OS name on the console. This - should be specified as string suitable - for inclusion in the ESC [ m - ANSI/ECMA-48 escape code for setting - graphical rendition. This field is - optional. Example: - <literal>ANSI_COLOR="0;31"</literal> - for red, or - <literal>ANSI_COLOR="1;34"</literal> - for light blue.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>CPE_NAME=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>A CPE name for the - operating system, following the <ulink - url="http://cpe.mitre.org/specification/">Common - Platform Enumeration - Specification</ulink> as proposed by - the MITRE Corporation. This field - is optional. Example: - <literal>CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17"</literal> - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>HOME_URL=</varname></term> - <term><varname>SUPPORT_URL=</varname></term> - <term><varname>BUG_REPORT_URL=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>Links to resources on - the Internet related the operating - system. <varname>HOME_URL=</varname> - should refer to the homepage of the - operating system, or alternatively - some homepage of the specific version - of the operating - system. <varname>SUPPORT_URL=</varname> - should refer to the main support page - for the operating system, if there is - any. This is primarily intended for - operating systems which vendors - provide support - for. <varname>BUG_REPORT_URL=</varname> - should refer to the main bug reporting - page for the operating system, if - there is any. This is primarily - intended for operating systems that - rely on community QA. These settings - are optional, and providing only some - of these settings is common. These - URLs are intended to be exposed in - "About this system" UIs behind links - with captions such as "About this - Operating System", "Obtain Support", - and "Report a Bug". The values should - be in <ulink - url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986">RFC3986 - format</ulink>, and should be - <literal>http:</literal> or - <literal>https:</literal> URLs, and - possibly <literal>mailto:</literal> or - <literal>tel:</literal>. Only one URL - shall be listed in each setting. If - multiple resources need to be - referenced it is recommended to - provide an online landing page linking - all available resources. Examples: - <literal>HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"</literal> - and - <literal>BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"</literal></para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - </variablelist> - - <para>If you are reading this file from C code or a - shell script to determine the OS or a specific version - of it, use the ID and VERSION_ID fields, possibly with - ID_LIKE as fallback for ID. When looking for an OS - identification string for presentation to the user use - the PRETTY_NAME field.</para> - - <para>Note that operating system vendors may choose - not to provide version information, for example to - accommodate for rolling releases. In this case VERSION - and VERSION_ID may be unset. Applications should not - rely on these fields to be set.</para> - - <para>Operating system vendors may extend the file - format and introduce new fields. It is highly - recommended to prefix new fields with an OS specific - name in order to avoid name clashes. Applications - reading this file must ignore unknown fields. Example: - <literal>DEBIAN_BTS="debbugs://bugs.debian.org/"</literal></para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Example</title> - - <programlisting>NAME=Fedora -VERSION="17 (Beefy Miracle)" -ID=fedora -VERSION_ID=17 -PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)" -ANSI_COLOR="0;34" -CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17" -HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/" -BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"</programlisting> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>See Also</title> - <para> - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>lsb_release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - </para> - </refsect1> - -</refentry> |