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<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, allowing applications to read
the file without implementing a shell compatible
execution engine.</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>
</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, 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>.</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 names, 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 an 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
distribution 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>
</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. 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>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<programlisting>NAME=Fedora
VERSION="17 (Beefy Miracle)"
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=15
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17"</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>
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