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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: How to find the type of operating system.
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 07:45:40 +0100
Date: 2016-04-07T07:45:40+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <lyoa9ludbf.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 533e9e24-e8b6-42e0-b80c-10eae266ee64@googlegroups.com

Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 2:41:33 PM UTC-7, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>> "ldries46" <bertus.dries@planet.nl> wrote in message 
>> news:57053167$0$4216$e4fe514c@news.kpn.nl...
>> > How can I fin in which operating system a program runs and other details 
>> > of that operating system.
>> 
>> Ada has System.System_Name provides an implementation-defined indication of 
>> the name of the target, but that often isn't set in any useful way. (Dunno 
>> what GNAT does with it, if anything.)
>  
> With GNAT, I managed to make it work for Windows and Linux/Unix not long ago.
>
>    Dir_Separator : Character;
>    pragma Import (C, Dir_Separator, "__gnat_dir_separator");
>    --...
>    Put_Line ("The program is run on OS: => " &
>              (if Dir_Separator = '\' then "Windows" else "Unix/Linux"));

GNAT.OS_Lib.Directory_Separator provides exactly this functionality.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-07  6:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-06 15:55 How to find the type of operating system ldries46
2016-04-06 21:41 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-06 22:42   ` Anh Vo
2016-04-07  6:45     ` Simon Wright [this message]
2016-04-07  7:31       ` Randy Brukardt
2016-04-07 16:33         ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2016-04-07 11:20 ` Lucretia
2016-06-24 21:12   ` Victor Porton
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