Detect OS

[Charlie Noah]

I have a program that I want to make platform independent between Windows and Unix. It needs to get a folder/directory listing (Windows - dir, Unix - ls) so it needs to know what OS it's on. Executed "hostname" returns XP on my XP box (I don't know what it returns on other Windows or Unix/AIX/Linux) SYSTEM(1017) returns WINNT on my XP box (I don't know what it returns on others Windows or Unix/AIX/Linux) Environment variable JBCDEV_BIN result contains \ on Windows, / on Unix (very kludgy) What methods do you use to determine what OS you're on? Thanks, Charlie Noah Tiny Bear's Wild Bird Store Home of "Safety Net Shipping" http://www.TinyBearWildBirdStore.com Toll Free: 1-855-TinyBear (855-846-9232) -- -- IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum.   To post, send email to jBASE@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to jbase-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en