Method: LinuxStat::OS.distribution

Defined in:
lib/linux_stat/os.rb

.distribution ⇒ Object

Reads /etc/lsb-release or /etc/os-release tries to get information about the distribution.

If the information isn’t available, it will read and return /etc/issue.

The return type is String. If none of the info is available, it will return an empty frozen String.



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# File 'lib/linux_stat/os.rb', line 46

def distribution
  @@distribution ||= if os_release.key?(:NAME)
    os_release[:NAME]
  else
    v = lsb_release

    if v.key?(:DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION)
      v[:DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION]
    elsif v.key?(:DISTRIB_ID)
      v[:DISTRIB_ID]
    elsif File.readable?('/etc/issue'.freeze)
      IO.read('/etc/issue'.freeze, encoding: 'ASCII-8bit'.freeze).strip
    else
      'Unknown'.freeze
    end
  end
end