From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
Subject: Re: How to detect OS type and version?
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:02:53 +0100
Date: 2005-10-14T08:04:02+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <434f643e$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Uc6dnd1_6YKzZNPeRVn-vw@megapath.net
Randy Brukardt wrote:
> "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com> wrote in message
> news:434e4a25_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
>> That way doesn't give the version of the OS.
>
> But once you know that you're running on Windows, you can arrange to
> call the Win32 Get_Version function to learn all of the details.
> (You'd have to do that with a dynamic call to avoid statically
> linking part of the Windows runtime.) I presume something similar is
> available in the Linux API.
Yep - and (GMGPL) Claw can provide this! :-)
Quick question for you Randy - was the original intent that "System.Name"
provide this?
Cheers
-- Martin
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-13 2:35 How to detect OS type and version? Roger Blum
2005-10-13 6:05 ` Martin Dowie
2005-10-13 9:50 ` Stefan Bellon
2005-10-13 10:39 ` Martin Dowie
2005-10-13 18:12 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-10-13 18:37 ` Stefan Bellon
2005-10-13 21:21 ` Robert A Duff
2005-10-13 21:25 ` Stefan Bellon
2005-10-13 21:52 ` Robert A Duff
2005-10-16 0:13 ` Ray Blaak
2005-10-16 0:29 ` Robert A Duff
2005-10-16 4:48 ` Ray Blaak
2005-10-16 14:16 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-10-16 15:55 ` Robert A Duff
2005-10-16 20:06 ` Pascal Obry
2005-10-18 16:58 ` Ray Blaak
2005-10-16 15:59 ` Robert A Duff
2005-10-17 17:19 ` Ray Blaak
2005-10-13 18:11 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-10-13 19:44 ` Simon Wright
2005-10-13 21:04 ` Michael Bode
2005-10-14 1:33 ` Steve
2005-10-13 12:06 ` Rob Norris
2005-10-13 11:59 ` Martin Dowie
2005-10-14 0:21 ` Randy Brukardt
2005-10-14 8:02 ` Martin Dowie [this message]
2005-10-14 23:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2005-10-15 12:28 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-10-15 14:12 ` Martin Dowie
2005-10-14 9:52 ` Rob Norris
2005-10-13 20:25 ` Bernd Specht
2005-10-13 20:36 ` Michael Bode
2005-10-13 20:41 ` Bernd Specht
2005-10-13 20:58 ` Stefan Bellon
2005-10-14 0:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2005-10-15 19:48 ` Bernd Specht
2005-10-14 6:30 ` Roger Blum
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