Use - for /f "tokens=3 delims=.]" %%v in ('ver') do set OSbuild=%%v
Place the syntax above within a shell script to set the OSbuild variable to, well, the OS build :) HTH Dean -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Tel: +1 (954) 501-4307 * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Graham Turner Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] os version i know this one has probably been done about 500 times already, but was hoping to sound the mailing list out on techniques of differentiating between Windows 2000 / NT4 from login script, given that both Windows 2000 and NT4 return "Windows NT" from a query of the "OS Version" environment variable GT List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/