Linux - cat /proc/version?

Question

Can anyone please interpret this for me ie tell me what this information means...

$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.32-042stab074.10 (root@rh6-build-x64) (gcc version 4.4.6 20120305 (Red Hat 4.4.6-4) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Mar 1 09:18:44 MSK 2013
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Thanks...

Answer 1

Nobody here knows what that is...



Unless you know what the /proc directory is...



You can call Version on any program and get the Version of it which looks just like that...



you called cat which reads a texts file on a directory called proc and a file called version...



Yes it list the OS your using but I think the most important part is "Linux version 2.6.32-042stab074.10"...



and when I google that version i get this: Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.



it is the version of your Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4... not Red Hat.



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Merc OP already confirmed it was the Parallels Virtuozzo before you even posted your answers...



The release he's using is made for the Red Hat 4.4.6-4... which is why the Red Hat details are included....



and as he stated again before your post even came up... he's using a Debian not Red Hat... So everything is stated is garbage.

Answer 2

You got some wrong answers.



The "root@rh6-build-x64" says that this kernel was compiled by a user named "root" on a computer named "rh6-build-x64". It actually says nothing about the computer *running* this kernel (you can conclude, by that computer name, that this kernel is for x64, but this doesn't have to be so).



The "gcc version 4.4.6 20120305 (Red Hat 4.4.6-4)" is the version of the GCC used to compile this kernel (it doesn't necessarily have to be the GCC version installed on the machine running this kernel). You'd see this string when typing "gcc -v" (on the computer named rh6-build-x64).



The "Red Hat 4.4.6-4" is part of the GCC version. It tells you the package (the RPM package, in case of Red Hat) this GCC is shipped as. E.g., if you do "rpm -q gcc" (on the computer named rh6-build-x64) you'll see "4.4.6-4" somewhere. It's not the version of the Red Hat distribution there but of the GCC package in Red Hat.



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BTW, Kernel version (2.6.32) and distribution version (Pantalon 13) are two different things (that aren't necessarily related). If you want to see your distribution name and version, do "cat /etc/issue".

Answer 3

This is information about the Kernel version of the linux installed on this particular computer.

Linux Version 2.6.32 means the Kernel Version. Root@rhj-6-build-x64 means the present user is Root and this is a 64 bit build. GCC version 4.4.6 means the Gnu C compiler installed on the machine is 4.4.6. (The C compiler will also work as a C++ compiler). GCC is the GNU compiler. SMP stands for symmetric multi processor.

Answer 4

It means your version of Redhat (probably using Fedora?) is 4.4.6-4 and your gcc compiler is version 4.4.6. Run a man page on gcc to understand it, it is your C compiler for Linux. Use your uname tool to understand which version your kernel is also.

$ man gcc

$ uname -sv

Answer 5

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