Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:53:49 +0100 (MET) | | From | Michiel Boland <> | | Subject | Re: kmod/kerneld | |
On 13 Mar 1998, Andreas Schwab wrote:
[about detecting kernel versions in shell scripts]
> if let "$1 * 65536 + $2 * 256 + $3 <= 0x2015a"
> then
> echo load kerneld
> fi
If I'm not mistaken, 'let' is a bash-ism. The following
construction IMHO is more portable & more readable.
case `uname -r` in
2.0.*|2.1.?|2.1.[1-8]?)
echo load kerneld
;;
esac
This is getting slightly off-kernel, so no follow-ups to the list
please. :)
Cheers
Michiel
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