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6 <refentry id="os-release" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
7 <refentryinfo>
8 <title>os-release</title>
9 <productname>systemd</productname>
10 </refentryinfo>
11
12 <refmeta>
13 <refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle>
14 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
15 </refmeta>
16
17 <refnamediv>
18 <refname>os-release</refname>
19 <refname>initrd-release</refname>
20 <refname>extension-release</refname>
21 <refpurpose>Operating system identification</refpurpose>
22 </refnamediv>
23
24 <refsynopsisdiv>
25 <para><filename>/etc/os-release</filename></para>
26 <para><filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename></para>
27 <para><filename>/etc/initrd-release</filename></para>
28 <para><filename>/usr/lib/extension-release.d/extension-release.<replaceable>IMAGE</replaceable></filename></para>
29 </refsynopsisdiv>
30
31 <refsect1>
32 <title>Description</title>
33
34 <para>The <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> and
35 <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> files contain operating
36 system identification data.</para>
37
38 <para>The format of <filename>os-release</filename> is a newline-separated list of
39 environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration from
40 Bourne shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no shell features are supported (this
41 means variable expansion is explicitly not supported), allowing applications to read the file without
42 implementing a shell compatible execution engine. Variable assignment values must be enclosed in double
43 or single quotes if they include spaces, semicolons or other special characters outside of A–Z, a–z,
44 09. (Assignments that do not include these special characters may be enclosed in quotes too, but this is
45 optional.) Shell special characters ("$", quotes, backslash, backtick) must be escaped with backslashes,
46 following shell style. All strings should be in UTF-8 encoding, and non-printable characters should not
47 be used. Concatenation of multiple individually quoted strings is not supported. Lines beginning with "#"
48 are treated as comments. Blank lines are permitted and ignored.</para>
49
50 <para>The file <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> takes
51 precedence over <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename>.
52 Applications should check for the former, and exclusively use its
53 data if it exists, and only fall back to
54 <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> if it is missing.
55 Applications should not read data from both files at the same
56 time. <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> is the recommended
57 place to store OS release information as part of vendor trees.
58 <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> should be a relative symlink
59 to <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename>, to provide
60 compatibility with applications only looking at
61 <filename>/etc/</filename>. A relative symlink instead of an
62 absolute symlink is necessary to avoid breaking the link in a
63 chroot or initrd environment such as dracut.</para>
64
65 <para><filename>os-release</filename> contains data that is
66 defined by the operating system vendor and should generally not be
67 changed by the administrator.</para>
68
69 <para>As this file only encodes names and identifiers it should
70 not be localized.</para>
71
72 <para>The <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> and
73 <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> files might be symlinks
74 to other files, but it is important that the file is available
75 from earliest boot on, and hence must be located on the root file
76 system.</para>
77
78 <para><filename>os-release</filename> must not contain repeating keys. Nevertheless, readers should pick
79 the entries later in the file in case of repeats, similarly to how a shell sourcing the file would. A
80 reader may warn about repeating entries.</para>
81
82 <para>For a longer rationale for <filename>os-release</filename>
83 please refer to the <ulink
84 url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/os-release">Announcement of <filename>/etc/os-release</filename></ulink>.</para>
85
86 <refsect2>
87 <title><filename>/etc/initrd-release</filename></title>
88
89 <para>In the <ulink
90 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/initrd.html">initrd</ulink>,
91 <filename>/etc/initrd-release</filename> plays the same role as <filename>os-release</filename> in the
92 main system. Additionally, the presence of that file means that the system is in the initrd phase.
93 <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> should be symlinked to <filename>/etc/initrd-release</filename>
94 (or vice versa), so programs that only look for <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> (as described
95 above) work correctly.</para>
96
97 <para>The rest of this document that talks about <filename>os-release</filename> should be understood
98 to apply to <filename>initrd-release</filename> too.</para>
99 </refsect2>
100
101 <refsect2>
102 <title><filename>/usr/lib/extension-release.d/extension-release.<replaceable>IMAGE</replaceable></filename></title>
103
104 <para><filename>/usr/lib/extension-release.d/extension-release.<replaceable>IMAGE</replaceable></filename>
105 plays the same role for extension images as <filename>os-release</filename> for the main system, and
106 follows the syntax and rules as described in the <ulink
107 url="https://systemd.io/PORTABLE_SERVICES">Portable Services Documentation</ulink>. The purpose of this
108 file is to identify the extension and to allow the operating system to verify that the extension image
109 matches the base OS. This is typically implemented by checking that the <varname>ID=</varname> options
110 match, and either <varname>SYSEXT_LEVEL=</varname> exists and matches too, or if it is not present,
111 <varname>VERSION_ID=</varname> exists and matches. This ensures ABI/API compatibility between the
112 layers and prevents merging of an incompatible image in an overlay.</para>
113
114 <para>In the <filename>extension-release.<replaceable>IMAGE</replaceable></filename> filename, the
115 <replaceable>IMAGE</replaceable> part must exactly match the file name of the containing image with the
116 suffix removed. In case it is not possible to guarantee that an image file name is stable and doesn't
117 change between the build and the deployment phases, it is possible to relax this check: if exactly one
118 file whose name matches <literal><filename>extension-release.*</filename></literal> is present in this
119 directory, and the file is tagged with a <varname>user.extension-release.strict</varname>
120 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>xattr</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> set to the
121 string <literal>0</literal>, it will be used instead.</para>
122
123 <para>The rest of this document that talks about <filename>os-release</filename> should be understood
124 to apply to <filename>extension-release</filename> too.</para>
125 </refsect2>
126 </refsect1>
127
128 <refsect1>
129 <title>Options</title>
130
131 <para>The following OS identifications parameters may be set using
132 <filename>os-release</filename>:</para>
133
134 <refsect2>
135 <title>General information identifying the operating system</title>
136
137 <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
138 <varlistentry>
139 <term><varname>NAME=</varname></term>
140
141 <listitem><para>A string identifying the operating system, without a version component, and
142 suitable for presentation to the user. If not set, a default of <literal>NAME=Linux</literal> may
143 be used.</para>
144
145 <para>Examples: <literal>NAME=Fedora</literal>, <literal>NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"</literal>.
146 </para></listitem>
147 </varlistentry>
148
149 <varlistentry>
150 <term><varname>ID=</varname></term>
151
152 <listitem><para>A lower-case string (no spaces or other characters outside of 09, a–z, ".", "_"
153 and "-") identifying the operating system, excluding any version information and suitable for
154 processing by scripts or usage in generated filenames. If not set, a default of
155 <literal>ID=linux</literal> may be used. Note that even though this string may not include
156 characters that require shell quoting, quoting may nevertheless be used.</para>
157
158 <para>Examples: <literal>ID=fedora</literal>, <literal>ID=debian</literal>.</para></listitem>
159 </varlistentry>
160
161 <varlistentry>
162 <term><varname>ID_LIKE=</varname></term>
163
164 <listitem><para>A space-separated list of operating system identifiers in the same syntax as the
165 <varname>ID=</varname> setting. It should list identifiers of operating systems that are closely
166 related to the local operating system in regards to packaging and programming interfaces, for
167 example listing one or more OS identifiers the local OS is a derivative from. An OS should
168 generally only list other OS identifiers it itself is a derivative of, and not any OSes that are
169 derived from it, though symmetric relationships are possible. Build scripts and similar should
170 check this variable if they need to identify the local operating system and the value of
171 <varname>ID=</varname> is not recognized. Operating systems should be listed in order of how
172 closely the local operating system relates to the listed ones, starting with the closest. This
173 field is optional.</para>
174
175 <para>Examples: for an operating system with <literal>ID=centos</literal>, an assignment of
176 <literal>ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"</literal> would be appropriate. For an operating system with
177 <literal>ID=ubuntu</literal>, an assignment of <literal>ID_LIKE=debian</literal> is appropriate.
178 </para></listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180
181 <varlistentry>
182 <term><varname>PRETTY_NAME=</varname></term>
183
184 <listitem><para>A pretty operating system name in a format suitable for presentation to the
185 user. May or may not contain a release code name or OS version of some kind, as suitable. If not
186 set, a default of <literal>PRETTY_NAME="Linux"</literal> may be used</para>
187
188 <para>Example: <literal>PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)"</literal>.</para></listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry>
192 <term><varname>CPE_NAME=</varname></term>
193
194 <listitem><para>A CPE name for the operating system, in URI binding syntax, following the <ulink
195 url="http://scap.nist.gov/specifications/cpe/">Common Platform Enumeration Specification</ulink> as
196 proposed by the NIST. This field is optional.</para>
197
198 <para>Example: <literal>CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17"</literal></para></listitem>
199 </varlistentry>
200
201 <varlistentry>
202 <term><varname>VARIANT=</varname></term>
203
204 <listitem><para>A string identifying a specific variant or edition of the operating system suitable
205 for presentation to the user. This field may be used to inform the user that the configuration of
206 this system is subject to a specific divergent set of rules or default configuration settings. This
207 field is optional and may not be implemented on all systems.</para>
208
209 <para>Examples: <literal>VARIANT="Server Edition"</literal>, <literal>VARIANT="Smart Refrigerator
210 Edition"</literal>.</para>
211
212 <para>Note: this field is for display purposes only. The <varname>VARIANT_ID</varname> field should
213 be used for making programmatic decisions.</para></listitem>
214 </varlistentry>
215
216 <varlistentry>
217 <term><varname>VARIANT_ID=</varname></term>
218
219 <listitem><para>A lower-case string (no spaces or other characters outside of 09, a–z, ".", "_" and
220 "-"), identifying a specific variant or edition of the operating system. This may be interpreted by
221 other packages in order to determine a divergent default configuration. This field is optional and
222 may not be implemented on all systems.</para>
223
224 <para>Examples: <literal>VARIANT_ID=server</literal>, <literal>VARIANT_ID=embedded</literal>.
225 </para></listitem>
226 </varlistentry>
227 </variablelist>
228 </refsect2>
229
230 <refsect2>
231 <title>Information about the version of the operating system</title>
232
233 <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
234 <varlistentry>
235 <term><varname>VERSION=</varname></term>
236
237 <listitem><para>A string identifying the operating system version, excluding any OS name
238 information, possibly including a release code name, and suitable for presentation to the
239 user. This field is optional.</para>
240
241 <para>Examples: <literal>VERSION=17</literal>, <literal>VERSION="17 (Beefy Miracle)"</literal>.
242 </para></listitem>
243 </varlistentry>
244
245 <varlistentry>
246 <term><varname>VERSION_ID=</varname></term>
247
248 <listitem><para>A lower-case string (mostly numeric, no spaces or other characters outside of 09,
249 a–z, ".", "_" and "-") identifying the operating system version, excluding any OS name information
250 or release code name, and suitable for processing by scripts or usage in generated filenames. This
251 field is optional.</para>
252
253 <para>Examples: <literal>VERSION_ID=17</literal>, <literal>VERSION_ID=11.04</literal>.
254 </para></listitem>
255 </varlistentry>
256
257 <varlistentry>
258 <term><varname>VERSION_CODENAME=</varname></term>
259
260 <listitem><para>A lower-case string (no spaces or other characters outside of 09, a–z, ".", "_"
261 and "-") identifying the operating system release code name, excluding any OS name information or
262 release version, and suitable for processing by scripts or usage in generated filenames. This field
263 is optional and may not be implemented on all systems.</para>
264
265 <para>Examples: <literal>VERSION_CODENAME=buster</literal>,
266 <literal>VERSION_CODENAME=xenial</literal>.</para></listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry>
270 <term><varname>BUILD_ID=</varname></term>
271
272 <listitem><para>A string uniquely identifying the system image originally used as the installation
273 base. In most cases, <varname>VERSION_ID</varname> or
274 <varname>IMAGE_ID</varname>+<varname>IMAGE_VERSION</varname> are updated when the entire system
275 image is replaced during an update. <varname>BUILD_ID</varname> may be used in distributions where
276 the original installation image version is important: <varname>VERSION_ID</varname> would change
277 during incremental system updates, but <varname>BUILD_ID</varname> would not. This field is
278 optional.</para>
279
280 <para>Examples: <literal>BUILD_ID="2013-03-20.3"</literal>, <literal>BUILD_ID=201303203</literal>.
281 </para></listitem>
282 </varlistentry>
283
284 <varlistentry>
285 <term><varname>IMAGE_ID=</varname></term>
286
287 <listitem><para> A lower-case string (no spaces or other characters outside of 09, a–z, ".", "_"
288 and "-"), identifying a specific image of the operating system. This is supposed to be used for
289 environments where OS images are prepared, built, shipped and updated as comprehensive, consistent
290 OS images. This field is optional and may not be implemented on all systems, in particularly not on
291 those that are not managed via images but put together and updated from individual packages and on
292 the local system.</para>
293
294 <para>Examples: <literal>IMAGE_ID=vendorx-cashier-system</literal>,
295 <literal>IMAGE_ID=netbook-image</literal>.</para></listitem>
296 </varlistentry>
297
298 <varlistentry>
299 <term><varname>IMAGE_VERSION=</varname></term>
300
301 <listitem><para>A lower-case string (mostly numeric, no spaces or other characters outside of 09,
302 a–z, ".", "_" and "-") identifying the OS image version. This is supposed to be used together with
303 <varname>IMAGE_ID</varname> described above, to discern different versions of the same image.
304 </para>
305
306 <para>Examples: <literal>IMAGE_VERSION=33</literal>, <literal>IMAGE_VERSION=47.1rc1</literal>.
307 </para></listitem>
308 </varlistentry>
309 </variablelist>
310
311 <para>To summarize: if the image updates are built and shipped as comprehensive units,
312 <varname>IMAGE_ID</varname>+<varname>IMAGE_VERSION</varname> is the best fit. Otherwise, if updates
313 eventually completely replace previously installed contents, as in a typical binary distribution,
314 <varname>VERSION_ID</varname> should be used to identify major releases of the operating system.
315 <varname>BUILD_ID</varname> may be used instead or in addition to <varname>VERSION_ID</varname> when
316 the original system image version is important.</para>
317 </refsect2>
318
319 <refsect2>
320 <title>Presentation information and links</title>
321
322 <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
323 <varlistentry>
324 <term><varname>HOME_URL=</varname></term>
325 <term><varname>DOCUMENTATION_URL=</varname></term>
326 <term><varname>SUPPORT_URL=</varname></term>
327 <term><varname>BUG_REPORT_URL=</varname></term>
328 <term><varname>PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=</varname></term>
329
330 <listitem><para>Links to resources on the Internet related to the operating system.
331 <varname>HOME_URL=</varname> should refer to the homepage of the operating system, or alternatively
332 some homepage of the specific version of the operating system.
333 <varname>DOCUMENTATION_URL=</varname> should refer to the main documentation page for this
334 operating system. <varname>SUPPORT_URL=</varname> should refer to the main support page for the
335 operating system, if there is any. This is primarily intended for operating systems which vendors
336 provide support for. <varname>BUG_REPORT_URL=</varname> should refer to the main bug reporting page
337 for the operating system, if there is any. This is primarily intended for operating systems that
338 rely on community QA. <varname>PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=</varname> should refer to the main privacy
339 policy page for the operating system, if there is any. These settings are optional, and providing
340 only some of these settings is common. These URLs are intended to be exposed in "About this system"
341 UIs behind links with captions such as "About this Operating System", "Obtain Support", "Report a
342 Bug", or "Privacy Policy". The values should be in <ulink
343 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986">RFC3986 format</ulink>, and should be
344 <literal>http:</literal> or <literal>https:</literal> URLs, and possibly <literal>mailto:</literal>
345 or <literal>tel:</literal>. Only one URL shall be listed in each setting. If multiple resources
346 need to be referenced, it is recommended to provide an online landing page linking all available
347 resources.</para>
348
349 <para>Examples: <literal>HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"</literal>,
350 <literal>BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"</literal>.</para></listitem>
351 </varlistentry>
352
353 <varlistentry>
354 <term><varname>LOGO=</varname></term>
355
356 <listitem><para>A string, specifying the name of an icon as defined by <ulink
357 url="https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/latest">freedesktop.org Icon Theme
358 Specification</ulink>. This can be used by graphical applications to display an operating system's
359 or distributor's logo. This field is optional and may not necessarily be implemented on all
360 systems.</para>
361
362 <para>Examples: <literal>LOGO=fedora-logo</literal>, <literal>LOGO=distributor-logo-opensuse</literal>
363 </para></listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 <varlistentry>
367 <term><varname>ANSI_COLOR=</varname></term>
368
369 <listitem><para>A suggested presentation color when showing the OS name on the console. This should
370 be specified as string suitable for inclusion in the ESC [ m ANSI/ECMA-48 escape code for setting
371 graphical rendition. This field is optional.</para>
372
373 <para>Examples: <literal>ANSI_COLOR="0;31"</literal> for red, <literal>ANSI_COLOR="1;34"</literal>
374 for light blue, or <literal>ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"</literal> for Fedora blue.
375 </para></listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377 </variablelist>
378 </refsect2>
379
380 <refsect2>
381 <title>Distribution-level defaults and metadata</title>
382
383 <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
384 <varlistentry>
385 <term><varname>DEFAULT_HOSTNAME=</varname></term>
386
387 <listitem><para>A string specifying the hostname if
388 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> is not
389 present and no other configuration source specifies the hostname. Must be either a single DNS label
390 (a string composed of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, limited to the
391 format allowed for DNS domain name labels), or a sequence of such labels separated by single dots
392 that forms a valid DNS FQDN. The hostname must be at most 64 characters, which is a Linux
393 limitation (DNS allows longer names).</para>
394
395 <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.hostname1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
396 for a description of how
397 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
398 determines the fallback hostname.</para></listitem>
399 </varlistentry>
400
401 <varlistentry>
402 <term><varname>SYSEXT_LEVEL=</varname></term>
403
404 <listitem><para>A lower-case string (mostly numeric, no spaces or other characters outside of 09,
405 a–z, ".", "_" and "-") identifying the operating system extensions support level, to indicate which
406 extension images are supported. See <filename>/usr/lib/extension-release.d/extension-release.<replaceable>IMAGE</replaceable></filename>,
407 <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/initrd.html">initrd</ulink> and
408 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysext</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
409 for more information.</para>
410
411 <para>Examples: <literal>SYSEXT_LEVEL=2</literal>, <literal>SYSEXT_LEVEL=15.14</literal>.
412 </para></listitem>
413 </varlistentry>
414
415 <varlistentry>
416 <term><varname>SYSEXT_SCOPE=</varname></term>
417 <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated list of one or more of the strings
418 <literal>system</literal>, <literal>initrd</literal> and <literal>portable</literal>. This field is
419 only supported in <filename>extension-release.d/</filename> files and indicates what environments
420 the system extension is applicable to: i.e. to regular systems, to initial RAM filesystems
421 ("initrd") or to portable service images. If unspecified, <literal>SYSEXT_SCOPE=system
422 portable</literal> is implied, i.e. any system extension without this field is applicable to
423 regular systems and to portable service environments, but not to initrd
424 environments.</para></listitem>
425 </varlistentry>
426
427 <varlistentry>
428 <term><varname>PORTABLE_PREFIXES=</varname></term>
429 <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated list of one or more valid prefix match strings for the
430 <ulink url="https://systemd.io/PORTABLE_SERVICES">Portable Services</ulink> logic. This field
431 serves two purposes: it is informational, identifying portable service images as such (and thus
432 allowing them to be distinguished from other OS images, such as bootable system images). In is also
433 used when a portable service image is attached: the specified or implied portable service prefix is
434 checked against the list specified here, to enforce restrictions how images may be attached to a
435 system.</para></listitem>
436 </varlistentry>
437 </variablelist>
438 </refsect2>
439
440 <refsect2>
441 <title>Notes</title>
442
443 <para>If you are using this file to determine the OS or a specific version of it, use the
444 <varname>ID</varname> and <varname>VERSION_ID</varname> fields, possibly with
445 <varname>ID_LIKE</varname> as fallback for <varname>ID</varname>. When looking for an OS identification
446 string for presentation to the user use the <varname>PRETTY_NAME</varname> field.</para>
447
448 <para>Note that operating system vendors may choose not to provide version information, for example to
449 accommodate for rolling releases. In this case, <varname>VERSION</varname> and
450 <varname>VERSION_ID</varname> may be unset. Applications should not rely on these fields to be
451 set.</para>
452
453 <para>Operating system vendors may extend the file format and introduce new fields. It is highly
454 recommended to prefix new fields with an OS specific name in order to avoid name clashes. Applications
455 reading this file must ignore unknown fields.</para>
456
457 <para>Example: <literal>DEBIAN_BTS="debbugs://bugs.debian.org/"</literal>.</para>
458
459 <para>Container and sandbox runtime managers may make the host's identification data available to
460 applications by providing the host's <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> (if available, otherwise
461 <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> as a fallback) as
462 <filename>/run/host/os-release</filename>.</para>
463 </refsect2>
464 </refsect1>
465
466 <refsect1>
467 <title>Examples</title>
468
469 <example>
470 <title><filename>os-release</filename> file for Fedora Workstation</title>
471
472 <programlisting>NAME=Fedora
473 VERSION="32 (Workstation Edition)"
474 ID=fedora
475 VERSION_ID=32
476 PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 32 (Workstation Edition)"
477 ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"
478 LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
479 CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32"
480 HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
481 DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f32/system-administrators-guide/"
482 SUPPORT_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help"
483 BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
484 REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Fedora"
485 REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=32
486 REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Fedora"
487 REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=32
488 PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy"
489 VARIANT="Workstation Edition"
490 VARIANT_ID=workstation</programlisting>
491 </example>
492
493 <example>
494 <title><filename>extension-release</filename> file for an extension for Fedora Workstation 32</title>
495
496 <programlisting>ID=fedora
497 VERSION_ID=32</programlisting>
498 </example>
499
500 <example>
501 <title>Reading <filename>os-release</filename> in
502 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></title>
503
504 <programlisting><xi:include href="check-os-release.sh" parse="text" /></programlisting>
505 </example>
506
507 <example>
508 <title>Reading <filename>os-release</filename> in
509 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>python</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> (versions &gt;= 3.10)</title>
510
511 <programlisting><xi:include href="check-os-release-simple.py" parse="text" /></programlisting>
512
513 <para>See docs for <ulink url="https://docs.python.org/3/library/platform.html#platform.freedesktop_os_release">
514 <function>platform.freedesktop_os_release</function></ulink> for more details.
515 </para>
516 </example>
517
518 <example>
519 <title>Reading <filename>os-release</filename> in
520 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>python</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> (any version)</title>
521
522 <programlisting><xi:include href="check-os-release.py" parse="text" /></programlisting>
523
524 <para>Note that the above version that uses the built-in implementation is preferred
525 in most cases, and the open-coded version here is provided for reference.</para>
526 </example>
527
528 </refsect1>
529
530 <refsect1>
531 <title>See Also</title>
532 <para>
533 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
534 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>lsb_release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
535 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
536 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
537 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
538 </para>
539 </refsect1>
540
541 </refentry>