Re: Detect OS

[Charlie Noah]

Thanks, Dan and Dan. SYSTEM(1017) sounds good. I really like Linux, so Cygwin sounds tempting, but a bit of overkill for what I need. It would be fun to play with when I get time, though. Charlie On 12-03-2012 7:37 AM, Daniel Klein wrote: Alternatively, you could install Cygwin and use 'ls' for everything ;-) Dan On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Daniel Klein <danielklei...@gmail.com> wrote: SYSTEM(1017) returns 'UNIX' or 'WINNT' so I would use that. Dan Klein On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Charlie Noah <cwn...@comcast.net> wrote: 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       -- -- 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       -- -- 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