Which option would you choose to display the kernel revision level for your operating system?

Which option would you choose to display the kernel revision level for your operating system?

Which option would you choose to display the kernel revision level for your operating system?

A.
cat. /etc/release

B.
uname -a

C.
pkg info kernel

D.
banner (issued from the OpenBoot Prom)

E.
cat /etc/motd

Explanation:
Different UNIX-like operating systems store information about their release versions
differently. If you know what OS you have, but not sure about the version, then here’s how you can
find out:
bash-2.03$ cat /etc/release
Solaris 8 2/04 s28s_hw4wos_05a SPARC
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Assembled 08 January 2004
Reference: How To: Find Out the Release Version of Your UNIX

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henry

henry

C not A
root@x2100m2 # pkg info kernel
Name: system/kernel
Summary: Core Kernel
Description: Core operating system kernel, device drivers and other modules.
Category: System/Core
State: Installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 0.5.11
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.175.1.11.0.3.2
Packaging Date: August 23, 2013 08:31:42 PM
Size: 35.89 MB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/system/[email protected],5.11-0.175.1.11.0.3.2:20130823T203142Z
root@x2100m2 # cat /etc/release
Oracle Solaris 11.1 X86
Copyright (c) 1983, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Assembled 19 September 2012

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vitalyb

vitalyb

Never kernel will not be displayed in a /etc/release

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Head Hr pht

Head Hr pht

its c

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naagesh

naagesh

c is correct answer

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eldar

eldar

uname is also show the rev.
root@solaris:~# uname -a
SunOS solaris 5.11 11.1 i86pc i386 i86pc
root@solaris:~# pkg info kernel
Name: system/kernel
Summary: Core Kernel
Description: Core operating system kernel, device drivers and other modules.
Category: System/Core
State: Installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 0.5.11
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.175.1.0.0.24.2
Packaging Date: September 19, 2012 06:50:11 PM
Size: 32.59 MB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/system/[email protected],5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2:20120919T185011Z
root@solaris:~#

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zeeshan_NRSP

zeeshan_NRSP

C is the correct one………….

# pkg info kernel
Name: system/kernel
Summary: Core Kernel
Description: Core operating system kernel, device drivers and other modules.
Category: System/Core
State: Installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 0.5.11
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.175.0.2.0.2.1
Packaging Date: Wed Oct 19 07:57:11 2011
Size: 17.99 MB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/system/[email protected],5.11-0.175.0.2.0.2.1:
20111128T20503

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