12-20-2007
you can get the full version from /etc/issue. I don't know of any more direct way of getting the RedHat version. Most system methods will give you the kernel version.
You have to remember that RedHat is just the distribution. All the system stuff is related to the kernel and the architecture. System calls will be designed with this in mind.
You can also supposedly get the info from /proc/version, but I've never seen that match the actual distro version number, so that might be a red herring.
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UNAME(1) User Commands UNAME(1)
NAME
uname - print system information
SYNOPSIS
uname [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.
-a, --all
print all information, in the following order, except omit -p and -i if unknown:
-s, --kernel-name
print the kernel name
-n, --nodename
print the network node hostname
-r, --kernel-release
print the kernel release
-v, --kernel-version
print the kernel version
-m, --machine
print the machine hardware name
-p, --processor
print the processor type or "unknown"
-i, --hardware-platform
print the hardware platform or "unknown"
-o, --operating-system
print the operating system
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report uname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report uname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
arch(1), uname(2)
The full documentation for uname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and uname programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info coreutils 'uname invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 UNAME(1)