(C++) GetUbuntuVersion

 

GetUbuntuVersion is a version code snippets to obtain the version of the current Ubuntu distibution.

 

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#include <cstdlib> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include <vector> #include <boost/foreach.hpp> ///GetUbuntuVersion returns the version number of the Ubuntu distribution currently installed. ///From http://www.richelbilderbeek.nl/CppGetUbuntuVersion.htm const std::string GetUbuntuVersion() {   //Save info to tmp.txt   {     std::system("cat /etc/*-release > tmp.txt");   }   //Read info to std::vector   std::vector<std::string> v;   {     std::ifstream f("tmp.txt");     std::string s;     for (int i=0; !f.eof(); ++i)     {       std::getline(f,s);       v.push_back(s);     }   }   //Analyze std::vector   BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string& s,v)   {     if (s.size() > 15       && s.substr(0,15)=="DISTRIB_RELEASE")     {       const int i = s.find_last_of("=");       return s.substr(i+1,s.size()-(i+1));     }   }   return ""; }